Trump plays golf in Scotland while protesters take to the streets and decry his visit
EDINBURGH Scotland AP President Donald Trump played golf Saturday at his program on Scotland s coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his visit and accuse United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the American Trump and his son Eric played with the U S ambassador to Britain Warren Stephens near Turnberry a historic syllabus that the Trump family s company took over in Hundreds of protesters gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U S Consulate about miles kilometers away in Edinburgh Scotland s capital Speakers on a makeshift stage informed the crowd that Trump was not welcome and they criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a new commerce deal to avoid stiff U S tariffs on goods imported from the U K Protests were planned in other cities as environmental activists opponents of Israel s war with Hamas in Gaza and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed a Stop Trump Coalition I think there are far too a great number of countries that are feeling the pressure of Trump and that they feel that they have to accept him and we should not accept him here stated June Osbourne a photographer and photo historian from Edinburgh who protested wearing a red cloak and white hood recalling The Handmaid s Tale Osbourne held up picture of Trump with Resist stamped over his face The dual-U S -Scottish citizen declared the Republican president was the worst thing that has happened to the world the U S in decades Saturday s protests were not nearly as large as the throngs that came out across Scotland when Trump played at the resort during his first term in But bagpipes played people chanted Trump Out and raised homemade signs that revealed No red carpet for dictators We don t want you here and Stop Trump Movers welcome One dog had a sign that noted No treats for tyrants Selected on the far right took to social media to call for gatherings supporting Trump in places such as Glasgow Upon arriving in Scotland on Friday night Trump admonished European leaders for not cracking down on immigration This immigration is killing Europe he explained You better get your act together Trump noted You re not going to have Europe anymore While in Scotland Trump is set to talk bargain with Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen the European Commission president But golf is a major focus The Trumps will also visit another Trump program in the Aberdeen area in northeastern Scotland They plan to cut a ribbon on Tuesday opening the second Trump class The president has long lobbied for Turnberry to host the British Open which it has not done since he took over ownership There s no place like it he noted Friday night
