'Scotland is already great.' Protesters troll Trump on his golfing trip (www.npr.org)
from MicroWave@lemmy.world to world@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2025 13:02
https://lemmy.world/post/33546222

As Trump kicked off a weekend of golfing in his late mother’s home country, hundreds of protesters rallied outside his resorts and in cities across Scotland — abseiling off a bridge, waving Palestinian flags and chanting for the U.S. president to be deported.

At a demonstration on Saturday outside the U.S. consulate in the capital Edinburgh, one protester held Scottish bagpipes in one arm, and a sign in the other. “At least this bag of hot air serves a purpose,” it read. Another waved a banner saying “Scotland is already great”— a riff off Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Protester Niamh Cunvin-Smith, 25, who traveled to the consulate protest from Inverness, asked, “Why on earth is this convicted felon allowed to come into our country and play golf when the people do not like him?”

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charade_you_are@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jul 2025 14:46 next collapse

“This is not a paedophile island. You are not welcome here,”

sweet sign lol

datavoid@lemmy.ml on 27 Jul 2025 18:21 collapse

Nice try Scotland - we know about the royal family

kamenlady@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2025 16:08 next collapse

Now he has more than just a few wind turbines “disturbing” his view.

nulluser@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2025 16:50 collapse

One recent poll found 71% of people in Scotland have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, compared to 57% of people in the United Kingdom overall.

JFC UK?!?! A not insignificant chunk of that 57% are apparently Scots, so what the hell is wrong with the rest of you?

OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca on 27 Jul 2025 16:59 collapse

The UK is a right-wing surveillance state who hate immigrants so much they voted to leave the EU. This should not be suprising to anyone.