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From the capital of Edinburgh to the seaside resorts, thousands of Scots organized peaceful and colorful demonstrations against Donald Trump on Saturday while the American president was playing golf in the US. one of his luxury retreats. Last weekend, the Scottish golf club Turnberry, on the west coast, spent his weekend before his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki on Monday.
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On the beach outside the station, a dozen protesters organized a "picnic of protest", chanting "Trump is a racist! Trump is a liar! "Because hotel guests were playing golf just 100 meters away, a police line, some on horseback, separated the protesters from the golf course." Snipers were also perched at the top of the golf course. 39, a nearby tower overlooking the vast property.
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Police still trying to find a paraglider The flying area of Friday night and a Greenpeace's protest banner on the station.
The glider wore a banner saying "Trump: Well Below Below" to protest its environmental and immigration policy.Greenpeace, in a statement, claimed that the protest had forced the president to take cover, saying that "when the glider appears above, the president can be seen making the entrance, troting."
The environmentalist group declared have informed the police of the & # 39; 10 minutes before the incident & # 39; arrival of the glider.
Detective Inspector Stephen McCulloch said the protester had broken a no. In the eastern part of Scotland, dozens of others protested Saturday outside Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen. A woman climbed onto a wall surrounding the golf course but was helped by the police.
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where 10,000 people were sneaking through the streets of the capital in an anti-Trump demonstration while amused tourists were watching and motorists were ringing their bell. horns to support. A chorus, a piper, a tambourine band and poetry readings add to the carnival spirit.
Protesters throw a 20-foot (6-meter) balloon into the sky representing Trump as an angry orange baby holding a phone to tweet. The same "Baby Donald" balloon flew Friday on the anti-Trump protests in London, where thousands crowded the streets of the British capital to express their anger over Trump's first official visit to Britain [19659002] 12 minutes late for tea with the queen
A protester in Edinburgh, posing as Spider-Man, carried a sign reminding the president that "power comes with responsibility"
"I came in Edinburgh with my daughter to show her that it's important to stand up against men like Trump, "said Caroline Blake, 31, a beautician with her 4-year-old daughter." Anyone who thinks that he is acceptable to catch women and talk about it as Trump is not worthy to be president of anything. "
Jonathon Shafi of the Scotland Against Trump group said that he wanted to show his solidarity with the Americans against Trump.
"It is not acceptable that a president talks about uprooting women, separating children from their families and encouraging fascists, racists, misogynists and homophobes", a- he said. "We are not anti-American, just against Trump and his regime of division."
Some who walked saw the event as a waste of time.
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"I do not see the interest," said Beth Anderson, 43, office administrator in Edinburgh. "What Trump does and says in America is a matter for Americans, they say he hates women and that he's racist, but we also have people like that here."
But others say that it was important to send a message _ even if it never reached Trump himself.
I think everyone is conveying the message to Trump, but I hope that protests like these will encourage people in the United States to fight the Trump regime, "said Eli Roth, a 56-year-old Californian living in Edinburgh. "We have to show that there are people outside of America who care about what's going on and that Trump has a global impact."
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