Protests expected: Trump travels to Scotland for five days

Protests expected: Trump travels to Scotland for five days

in Scotland announced protesters to organize a wave of resistance, while the US President Donald Trump travels to a five-day private visit on Friday. Trump will spend the night in his golf resort in the small village of Turnberry on the west coast, where he will meet the British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday. Then he becomes his other resort near Aberdeen trips to open an 18-hole place that is dedicated to his mother Mary, born in Scotland.

planned protests against Trump

Different protest groups, including unions, air conditioning activists as well as parts of the American diaspora and supporters of the Palestinian and Ukrainian cause, are preparing to demonstrate against the US president. This is done under the roof of the "Stop Trump Coalition". Planned protests are scheduled for Saturday in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Dumfries.

police presence during the visit

The Scotland police will be present with thousands of officials during Trump's visit, as PA Media reports. The deputy police chief Emma Bond told CNN that the visit "requires a significant police operation, in which local, national and special resources from Police Scotland and support from other British police forces will be used". Trump is expected to stay in his golf resorts and stay away from the public.

Scotland's history of protest

Scotland, who has been ruled by a left -wing decentralized government for decades, has a long history of protest against Trump. When visiting the Scottish golf courses during his first presidency, the police estimated that 5,000 people in Edinburgh marched against him.

reactions of the population

On Tuesday, the Scottish independence newspaper The National published a title page with the heading "Convised US criminal comes to Scotland." A Scottish named Anna Acquroff told Reuters in Glasgow: "I don't think many Scots would welcome him. It is a shame that he would come here at all." However, there are also voices that advocate Trump's visit. Keith Bean, a Glasgower, told Reuters that Trump should "come here," because "conversations are always good. If you separate people from each other and do not discuss, this leads to more problems than conversation."

political issues in focus

During his stay in Scotland, Trump will also meet the first minister John Swinney. Swinney said that he wanted to "address global and humanitarian issues of considerable importance", including the unimaginable suffering that we observe in Gaza, and ensure that Schotland's voice is heard at the highest level of government.

a visit with shadow

This trip to Scotland distracts from Trump's current political difficulties in the United States that are related to his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein - an accused sex dealer and scandalous financier who died in 2019 by suicide. This continuous controversy has already had Trump’s visit. The White House excluded the Wall Street Journal from the press tab of the trip after the publication had made an article about a collection of letters that were presented with Epstein for his 50th birthday in 2003, including a note with Trump's name and a sketch of a naked woman. The following day Trump filed a lawsuit about defamation "because there is no authentic letter or picture".

Trump's future trips to Great Britain

In September, Trump will travel to the United Kingdom again to go to an "unprecedented" invited by König Charles to come. It is unlikely that public events will take place. As a rule, US presidents are not invited to a second state visit during their second term. Traditionally, former presidents such as Barack Obama and George W. Bush were only offered lunch or tea with the monarch during their second term.