EDINBURGH, Scotland — President Donald Trump performed golf Saturday at his course on Scotland’s coast whereas protesters across the nation took to the streets to decry his visit and accuse United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the American.
Trump and his son Eric performed with the U.S. ambassador to Britain, Warren Stephens, close to Turnberry, a historic course that the Trump household’s firm took over in 2008. A whole bunch of protesters gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined avenue in entrance of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles (160 kilometers) away in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital.
Audio system on a makeshift stage informed the gang that Trump was not welcome they usually criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for placing a recent trade deal to keep away from stiff U.S. tariffs on items imported from the U.Okay.
Protests had been deliberate in different cities as environmental activists, opponents of Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza and pro-Ukraine teams loosely fashioned a “Cease Trump Coalition.”
“I believe there are far too many international locations which are feeling the strain of Trump and that they really feel that they’ve to simply accept him and we should always not settle for him right here,” stated June Osbourne, 52, a photographer and photograph historian from Edinburgh who protested carrying a pink cloak and white hood, recalling “The Handmaid’s Story.” Osbourne held up image of Trump with “Resist” stamped over his face.
The twin-U.S.-British citizen stated the Republican president was “the worst factor that has occurred to the world, the U.S., in many years.”
Saturday’s protests weren’t practically as massive because the throngs that got here out throughout Scotland when Trump performed on the resort throughout his first time period in 2018.
However bagpipes performed, folks chanted “Trump Out!” and raised do-it-yourself indicators that stated “No pink carpet for dictators,” “We do not need you right here” and “Cease Trump. Migrants welcome.”
One canine had an indication that stated “No treats for tyrants.”
Some on the far proper took to social media to name for gatherings supporting Trump in locations comparable to Glasgow. Upon arriving in Scotland on Friday evening, Trump admonished European leaders for not cracking down on immigration. “This immigration is killing Europe,” he stated.
“You higher get your act collectively,” Trump stated. “You’re not going to have Europe anymore.”
Whereas in Scotland, Trump is ready to speak commerce with Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Fee president. However golf is a significant focus.
The Trumps can even go to one other Trump course, within the Aberdeen space in northeastern Scotland. They plan to chop a ribbon on Tuesday, opening the second Trump course.
The president has lengthy lobbied for Turnberry to host the British Open, which it has not executed since he took over possession.
“There is not any place prefer it,” he stated Friday evening.
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This story has been corrected to mirror that the citizenship standing for June Osbourne is U.S.-British, not U.S.-Scottish.