Trump’s visit to Scotland triggered mass protests. The demonstrations took place in Edinburgh and Aberdeen, and activists criticized his policy and expressed disagreement.
Hundreds of people gathered on Saturday in Edinburgh and Aberdeen to express their disagreement with the visit of US President Donald Trump in Scotland. The White House chief started his five -day trip on Friday night and spent Saturday playing a golf in his resort in Turnberry. TASR reports this, according to the report, The Independent.
The demonstrators insisted that Trump in Scotland “is not welcome”. People at the Assembly waved banners with slogans against the US leader, but also with the slogans supporting the Palestinians in connection with the war in the Gaza Strip.
Scottish Prime Minister John Swinney called on the public to protest “calmly and in the law”.
The Scottish Parliament’s deputy Maggie Chapman attended a demonstration in Aberdeen. “We are standing in solidarity not only against Trump, but against everything he and his politics represent … believes that climate change is not real; he believes it is right to limit services to those who have the least. We are saying not all these things,” Chapman said.
According to The Independent, the protests were heard as the crowds chanted the slogans “Trump, Trump, Trump, Trump, Gone, Gone, Gone,” or “Donald, Donald, Listen to our shouting; All Scotland wants you away”.
In connection with Trump’s visit, the Scottish police also asked other police forces in the United Kingdom for help.
The US President has a personal relationship with Scotland thanks to his mother born in this country and has repeatedly declared affection to the region. On Sunday, he should meet with the President of the European Commission Ursula von Der Leyen and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
