Donald Trump visit to Scotland should be met with 'mass protests', claims MSP

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A planned visit by Donald Trump to Scotland next year should be met with mass protests, an MSP has said.

Patrick Harvie spoke out after Eric Trump yesterday suggested his father would likely fly to Aberdeenshire sometime in 2025 to open a new golf course at the family's existing resort.

Trump senior will return to the White House in January after winning the US presidential election earlier this month against Kamala Harris.

Harvie, the Scottish Greens co-leader, said: "I am certain that Donald Trump’s visit will be met with protests and anger. Scotland must be loud and clear that we do not agree with his toxic values or his harmful business ventures.

"He is a dangerous, fraudulent, misogynistic, climate-change denier who claims to love our country while destroying our natural landscapes with garish golf courses and resorts for the wealthy.

"We must keep in mind that this is a man whose vitriol and misinformation incited violence in his own country, and continues to breed hatred and division. He represents everything that we as a nation do not wish to be.

"His investments here in Scotland have already been cited as part of a recent criminal case in New York, which is why we have consistently called for the Scottish Government to issue an Unexplained Wealth Order to investigate his dealings."

Meanwhile, John Swinney has said “we’ve all moved on” when asked about Eric Trump’s comments about the First Minister’s support for Kamala Harris.

The President-elect Donald Trump’s son said it was “nasty” of the First Minister to endorse his Democrat rival ahead of the vote, saying Swinney had “read the temperature very wrong”.

Eric Trump also hit out at the Scottish Government’s record on business, saying too much red tape is putting off international investors.

Swinney said: “I think what’s important is that when you get asked a question as a politician, you just give the answer that you think you should give, and I gave the answer that I thought I should give.

“But I recognise that we’ve all moved on since then. We’ve had the US election, President-elect Trump is getting ready for office."

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