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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.
and his wife, Melania, spend the weekend away in his Scottish golf club in Turnberry, on the west coast, before his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Monday
On the beach outside the resort, a dozen protesters staged a "protest picnic" chanting "Trump is a racist! Trump is a liar!" Hotel guests have played 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 a nearby tower overlooking the expansive property.
The police were still trying to find a paraglider that broke through a no-fly zone on Friday night and deployed a Greenpeace protest banner on the station. banner reading "Trump: Well Below Below" to protest his environmental and immigration policies. Greenpeace, in a statement, said the demonstration had forced the president to take cover, saying that "when the glider appears overhead, the president can be seen trotting."
The police spoke of the waterfall 10 minutes before the arrival of the glider.
Detective Inspector Stephen McCulloch said the protester had violated a no-fly zone over the Turnberry Hotel
. Saturday outside Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen. A woman climbed onto a wall surrounding the golf course but was helped by the police.
A much larger demonstration was held in Edinburgh, where 10,000 people snuck into the streets of the capital. beep their horns to the support. A choir, a piper, a tambourine band and poetry readings added to the carnival spirit.
Protesters tossed 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 over 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. Man, wearing a sign reminding the president that "power comes with responsibility."
"I came to Edinburgh with my daughter to show her that it's important to stand up against men like Trump," says Caroline Blake, 31, beautician, her 4-year-old daughter. "Anyone who thinks it's okay to catch women and talk about it like Trump is not worthy of being president of anything."
Jonathon Shafi of the Scotland Against Trump group said 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.
"I do not see the interest," said Beth Anderson, 43. , an Edinburgh office administrator. "What Trump does and says in America is a matter for Americans, they say he hates women and is racist, but we have people like that here too."
But others say that it was important to send a message – even if it never reaches Trump himself.
"I do not think the message goes to Trump, but I hope that protests like these encourage people in the United States to fight the Trump regime." aged California 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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