President Trump played golf on Saturday In his course on the coast of Scotland While protesters across the country took the streets to reduce their journey and accused the United Kingdom leaders of pandering for the American.
Mr. Trump and his son Eric played the US Ambassador to Britain, along with Warren Stephens, with a historical course, which was taken over in 2014 by the Trump family company. The security was tight, and the protesters placed a distance and ignored by the group during the round of Shri Trump. He was wearing black clothes with a white “USA” cap, and a golf cart was seen driving.
The president appeared playing an early nine holes, staying for lunch, then left for nine more. By the afternoon, the plaincloths security authorities began to leave, suggesting that Mr. Trump was done for the day.
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Hundreds of protesters gathered on the Coblastone and Tree-line road in front of the US consulate about 100 miles in Edinburgh in the Scotland capital. Speakers told the mob that Mr. Trump was not welcomed and the British Prime Minister Kir Stper was criticized for striking. A recent business deal To avoid rigorous American tariffs on goods imported from UK
Protests were planned as environmental activists in other cities, with Hamas in Gaza, opponents of the Israeli war with Hamas and pro -Ukraine groups of Ukraine loyly stopped the “Trump alliance”. Anita Bhadani, an organizer, said the protest was “like a carnival of resistance.”
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Mr. Trump’s late mother, Mary Anne McLeod, was born in the Isle of Lewis in Scotland and the President has suggested that he feels at home in the country. But the protesters tried their best to change it.
Edinburgh’s 15 -year -old Amy White said, “I don’t think I can only stand up and do nothing.” He signed a cardboard, stating that “we do not interact with fascists.” He said “Many people hate him here. We are not divided. We are not divided by religion, or race or political devotion, we are just together because we hate him.”
Other protesters indicated pictures with Mr. Trump and Jeffrey Epstein As excitement on files The President is disappointed in the case.
In the view of 63 -year -old Mark Gordeman of Edinburgh, “Scots’ vast majority has such a feeling about Trump, even though he has Scottish roots, he is an insult.”
Gordeman, who worked in the advertisement, said he came out “because I have a deep despise for Donald Trump and everything that he stands.”
Saturday’s protests were not almost as big, when performed in Scotland when Mr. Trump played in Turnberry during his first term in 2018.
But, as Bagpipes played, people “trump out!” And raised dozens of homemade signs, stating that “no red carpets for dictators,” “We don’t want you here” and “stop Trump. The migrants are welcome.”
A dog had a sign that stated “no behavior for the tyrannical.”
Some people have called for social media to call for meetings supporting Mr. Trump in places like Glasgow.
Mr. Trump There is also a plan to talk on business European Commission Chairman, Stemper and Ursula with von dera leyen. But golf is a major focus.
The family will visit another Trump course near Aberdeen in Northeast Scotland before returning to Washington on Tuesday. Trump will cut the ribbon and play a new, another course in that area, which officially opens to the public next month.
Scottish first minister John Swine, who is also ready to meet with Mr. Trump during the journey, announced that public funds would go to staging the 2025 Nexo Championship, which was earlier earlier known as the first Scottish Championship, next month in the first course of Mr. Trump near Aberdeen.
“The Scottish government recognizes the importance and benefits of golf and golf events, including promoting tourism and our economy,” said Swine.
In a protest on Saturday in Aberdeen, Scottish Parliament member Maggi Chapman told a crowd of hundreds: “We are standing in solidarity, not only against Trump but against everything he stands for and his politics.”
The President has long advocated for Turnberry to host the British Open, which he has not done since he assumed.
In a social media post on Saturday, Mr. Trump quoted the retired golfer Gary Player, stating that Turnberry was one of the “top five greatest golf courses” he played as a professional. In the post, the President recalled the city where his golf course is located.