Trump on a visit to Scotland in the summer (PAUL FAITH/AFP/Getty) But the relationship turned sour after a decision was made to build 11 wind turbines near the golf course. Trump and then Scottish first minister and SNP leader Alex Salmond were on good terms, with the pair photographed together on a number of occasions. Trump responded by calling the awards a “terrible embarrassment to Scotland.”įorbes’ struggle with Trump became the centerpiece of an award-winning documentary by the name of “ You’ve Been Trumped.” In 2012, Michael Forbes, a farmer who refused to sell his land to Trump, won the Top Scot award at the Glenfiddich Spirit of Scotland Awards. Back in 2008, the Edinburgh administration stepped in when Aberdeenshire Council rejected Trump’s bid for planning permission for his £1 billion luxury golfing complex.Ĭonstruction of the sprawling development on the scenic Aberdeenshire coast went ahead in the face of vociferous local opposition. The Scottish government, and the Scottish National Party, have not always held Trump in such low esteem. soil, we can demonstrate leadership in relation to this issue and say: Not in the United Kingdom do we want people making Islamophobic, racist, anti-Muslim remarks that are completely unfounded and unhelpful when we continue our fight against terrorism,” the Scottish MP, who is Muslim, said. “While we cannot control what he says on U.S. Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh, the SNP’s trade and investment spokeswoman at Westminster, said Trump should be barred for “hate preaching.”
home secretary, to consider banning Trump from traveling to the U.K. Scottish ministers and Scottish National Party MPs urged Theresa May, the U.K. In light of the Republican hopeful’s latest remarks, Harvie said he could not imagine any “self-respecting person wanting to spend money” in any of Trump’s business interests in Scotland.
“This bigoted blowhard of a man is being rightly condemned far and wide, and I’m confident that Scotland will reject his extremist rhetoric,” said Harvie, who had previously clashed with Trump over a proposed wind farm near the Aberdeenshire golf course. Patrick Harvie, a Scottish Green MSP, lodged a motion at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, condemning Trump for comments which he said appear “increasingly fascist.”
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