Edinburgh, Scotland (AP) – President Donald Trump played golf on Saturday His course on the Scottish coast Protesters from all over the country took them on the streets, His visit He then accuses British leaders of pandaring towards Americans.
Trump and his son Eric faced off against the US ambassador Warren Stevens near Turnbury, a historic course taken over by the Trump family’s company in 2008.
Makeshift speakers on stage told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and that they criticized him. British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer For a strike Recent Trade Agreements Don’t get stiff Customs About products imported from the UK
Other cities have planned protests as environmental activists, opponents of the Israeli war with Hamas in Gaza, and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed to “stop the Trump Union.”
“Too many countries feel the pressure of Trump, they feel they have to accept him and they don’t think they should accept him here,” said June Osborn, 52-year-old Edinburgh photographer and photography historian, protesting in a red cloak and white hood, “It reminds me of the story of handmide.” Osborne held up a photo of Trump with “resistance” engraved on his face.
Double US-A British citizen said the Republican president was “the worst thing that has happened to the world in decades.”
Saturday’s protest wasn’t as big as the crowd that came out in Scotland when Trump played at the resort in his first term in 2018.
But the bagpipes played and people chanted, “Trump out!” And they grew homemade signs, saying, “There’s no red carpet for dictators,” “We don’t want you here,” and “Stop Trump, we welcome immigrants.”
One dog had signs that “there is no treatment for tyrants.”
Some on the far right joined social media to seek rallies in support of Trump in places like Glasgow. On arriving in Scotland on Friday night, Trump warned European leaders not to crack down on immigration. “These immigrants are killing Europe,” he said.
“You’d better put your actions together,” Trump said. “You’re not going to have Europe anymore.”
While in Scotland, Trump is set to speak trade with himself and President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen. But golf is a big focus.
Trump will also visit another Trump course in the Aberdeen area of northeastern Scotland. They cut the ribbon on Tuesday and are scheduled to open a second card course.
The president has long lobbyed for Turnberry Host the British Openhasn’t done that since he took over ownership.
“There’s no place like that,” he said Friday night.
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This story was revised to reflect that Osborne’s citizenship status in June was a United States British and not an American and Scotsman.
