Scotland

London – President Trump must arrive on Friday so the White House calls a “work visit” to Scotland. It is expected to include a combination of personal time and political businesses. As was the case during his last visit as president in 2018, he is likely to be received by protests everywhere in his mother’s homeland.

The plan is that Mr. Trump visits its two luxury golf resorts in Scotland, Trump International on the east coast of Aberdeenshire, which he bought in 2012, and Trump Turnberry In Ayrshire, about 200 miles away on the west coast, which he bought in 2014.

During his visit, he will also meet with the senior Scotland official, Prime Minister John Swinney, who publicly supported the presidential offer of Kamala Harris against Trump last year.

The American leader will also meet with British prime minister, Keir Starmer, near the end of his trip in Scotland, and the current 25% of US rates on British steel imports could be a focus of discussion.

Trump’s visits bring security protests and concerns

Trump has Scottish roots through his mother, who was born in 1912 as Mary Anne Macleod on the Scottish island of Lewis in the remote exterior hebrids.

But despite its ancestry, Mr. Trump can probably wait for a warm reception warm on Scottish soil. Some Scots believe that the American real estate tycoon became president has been good for the country, bringing investments and with him, some employment, but others criticize the policies he has adopted during his second term.

Before the arrival of Mr. Trump, the Stop Trump Scotland protest group has been organizing demonstrations in Aberdeen and outside the United States Consulate in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh, part of a so -called “Resistance Festival” that aims to mix actions based on the city with field activism around Mr. Trump’s golf resources.

The demonstrations are scheduled to include large banners and messages in the sand on the coast of Scotland, destined to be visible to the president while landing

A senior Scottish police officer told Sky News from Great Britain that it would be “inappropriate” to ignore the Murder attempt against Mr. Trump a year ago.

“There is a wide range of considerations,” said the Police Assistant of the Police of Scotland, Emma Bond. “It would be inappropriate for me to plan an operation and not take into account what has happened in other parts of the world. But with that in mind, we have a really experienced team of officers who work as part of the planning of the operation.”

During Trump’s trip in 2018 to Scotland, the News themezone BBC News Network says there were more than 5,000 police officers deployed, with the United Kingdom’s treasure contributing around 5 million ($ 6.8 million) to help cover the costs of the Scottish police force.

Trump’s visit is private, but with some policies

While his preference for Mr. Trump’s opponent was clear before the last American elections, the head of the Government of Scotland said it was his duty to meet with the president of the United States during his next visit.

“I have made a decision that is interested in Scotland to meet with the president of the United States to be able to take advantage of all the opportunities to protect and promote the interests of the people of Scotland,” Swinney told Great Britain’s news agency. “Obviously, there are a variety of problems that we can cover around the international situation that is causing so much anxiety to people in Scotland, in the situation of the Middle East, and the situation in Ukraine, and the national problems that are important for us about the implications of, for example, trade and rates of some of our key sectors, including Scottish whiskey”

Trump is expected to meet Monday with Prime Minister Starmer, but because it is officially a private visit, neither the White House nor the Starmer office have revealed a lot about what the two can do or discuss. However, for Starmer, maintaining discussions on the rates imposed since Trump returned to the White House will probably be a key issue.

President Trump has imposed 25% tariffs in imported British steel. Starmer hopes to reduce that speed, to zero if possible, to underpin the United Kingdom steel industry, which has seen that its production collapsed in around 80% since the 1960s.

The White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Wednesday that the two leaders would meet “to refine the historical United Non-Re-Real Trade Agreement “negotiated in May.

Trump will return to the United Kingdom for a second unprecedented official state visit on September 17, during which he is scheduled to meet with King Carlos III. Starmer handed over the invitation for that visit, on behalf of the monarch, when he He visited Mr. Trump in the White House In February.

• Duty
• Donald Trump
• Great Britain
• Keir Starmer
• United Kingdom
• Scotland