President Trump waves from a golf cart at his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Saturday.

President Trump played golf Saturday at his course on Scotland’s coast while protesters around the country took to the streets to decry his visit and accuse United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the unpopular American president.

Trump and his son Eric played with the U.S. ambassador to Britain, Warren Stephens, near Turnberry, a historic course that the Trump family’s company took over in 2014. Security was tight, and protesters kept at a distance were unseen by the group during Trump’s round. He was dressed in black with a white “USA” cap and was spotted driving a golf cart.

The president appeared to play an opening nine holes, stop for lunch, then head out for nine more. By the middle of the afternoon, plainclothes security officials began leaving, suggesting Trump was done for the day.

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Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the U.S. Consulate about 100 miles away in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital. Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal to avoid stiff U.S. tariffs on goods imported from the U.K.

Protests were planned in other cities as environmental activists, opponents of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed a “Stop Trump Coalition.” Anita Bhadani, an organizer, said the protests were “kind of like a carnival of resistance.”

June Osbourne, 52, a photographer and photo historian from Edinburgh, wore a red cloak and white hood, recalling “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Osbourne held up a picture of Trump with “Resist” stamped over his face.

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“I think there are far too many countries that are feeling the pressure of Trump and that they feel that they have to accept him, and we should not accept him here,” Osbourne said. The dual U.S.-British citizen said the Republican president was “the worst thing that has happened to the world, the U.S., in decades.”

Trump’s late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland, and the president has suggested he feels at home in the country. But the protesters did their best to change that.

“I don’t think I could just stand by and not do anything,” said Amy White, 15, of Edinburgh, who attended with her parents. She held a cardboard sign that said, “We don’t negotiate with fascists.”

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”So many people here loathe him,” she said. “We’re not divided. We’re not divided by religion, or race or political allegiance, we’re just here together because we hate him.”

Other demonstrators held signs of pictures with Trump and Jeffrey Epstein, as the fervor over files in the late child abuser’s case has created a political crisis for the president.

In the view of Mark Gorman, 63, of Edinburgh, “The vast majority of Scots have this sort of feeling about Trump that, even though he has Scottish roots, he’s a disgrace.” Gorman, who works in advertising, said he came out “because I have deep disdain for Donald Trump and everything that he stands for.”

A Scottish newspaper, the National, greeted Trump’s arrival with a banner headline in its Friday edition that read, “Convicted U.S. felon to arrive in Scotland.”

Saturday’s protests were not nearly as large as the throngs that demonstrated across Scotland when Trump played at Turnberry during his first term in 2018.

But, as bagpipes played, people chanted, “Trump out!” and raised dozens of homemade signs with such messages as “No red carpet for dictators,” “We don’t want you here” and “Stop Trump. Migrants welcome.”

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One dog had a sign attached that said “No treats for tyrants.”

Some on the far right took to social media to call for gatherings supporting Trump in places such as Glasgow.

Trump also plans to talk trade with Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president.

But golf is a major focus.

The family will also visit another Trump course near Aberdeen in northeastern Scotland, before returning to Washington on Tuesday. The Trumps will cut the ribbon and play a new, second course in that area, which officially opens to the public next month.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney, who is also set to meet with Trump during the visit, announced that public money will go to staging the 2025 Nexo Championship, previously known previously as the Scottish Championship, at Trump’s first course near Aberdeen next month.

“The Scottish government recognizes the importance and benefits of golf and golf events, including boosting tourism and our economy,” Swinney said.

At a protest Saturday in Aberdeen, Scottish Parliament member Maggie Chapman told the crowd of hundreds: “We stand in solidarity, not only against Trump but against everything he and his politics stand for.”

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The president has long lobbied for Turnberry to host the British Open, which it has not done since he took over ownership.

In a social media post Saturday, Trump quoted the retired golfer Gary Player as saying Turnberry was among the “Top Five Greatest Golf Courses” he had played in as a professional. The president, in the post, misspelled the city where his golf course is.

Weissert writes for the Associated Press.

Scotland locals protest Trump’s visit with cruel signs… as unbothered president enjoys his golf getaway

Protesters across Scotland took to the streets to decry President Donald Trump’s visit on Saturday while accusing United Kingdom leaders of pandering to the American.

The protests seemed to be far from Trump’s mind as he played golf alongside his son, Eric, and with the US ambassador to Britain, Warren Stephens, near Turnberry, a historic course that the Trump family’s company took over in 2014.

Security was tight and protesters were kept some distance away, unable to be seen by the group during Trump’s round.

Trump was dressed in black, with a white ‘USA’ cap, and was spotted driving a golf cart.

The president appeared to play an opening nine holes, stop for lunch, then head out for the back nine.

By the middle of the afternoon, plainclothes security officials began leaving, suggesting Trump was done for the day.

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on the cobblestone and tree-lined street in front of the US Consulate about 100 miles away in Edinburgh, Scotland’s capital.

Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal to avoid stiff US tariffs on goods imported from the U.K.

Demonstrators gathered outside the US Consulate to voice opposition to President Donald Trump ahead of his visit to Edinburgh, Scotland on Saturday

Anti-Trump demonstrators gather during a rally organized by the campaign group Stop Trump Coalition in Aberdeen, Scotland

Security was tight and protesters were kept some distance away, unable to be seen by the group during Trump’s round of golf on his Turnberry course

Protests were planned in other cities as environmental activists, opponents of Israel’s war with Hamas in Gaza and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed a ‘Stop Trump Coalition.’

Anita Bhadani, an organizer, said the protests were ‘kind of like a carnival of resistance.’

Trump’s late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, was born on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland and the president has suggested he feels at home in the country, but the protesters did their best to change that.

‘I don’t think I could just stand by and not do anything,’ said Amy White, 15, of Edinburgh, who attended with her parents.

She held a cardboard sign that said ‘We don’t negotiate with fascists.’ She said ‘so many people here loathe him. We’re not divided. We’re not divided by religion, or race or political allegiance, we’re just here together because we hate him.’

Other demonstrators held signs with pictures with Trump and Jeffrey Epstein as the fervor over files in the case has increasingly frustrated the president.

In the view of Mark Gorman, 63, of Edinburgh, ‘the vast majority of Scots have this sort of feeling about Trump that, even though he has Scottish roots, he’s a disgrace.’

Gorman, who works in advertising, said he came out ‘because I have deep disdain for Donald Trump and everything that he stands for.’

A man with a dog stands next to a placard, as anti-Trump demonstrators gather during a rally organized by the campaign group Stop Trump Coalition, protesting Trump’s visit

Hundreds of protestors gather outside the office of the Consulate General in Edinburgh, Scotland to protest the visit by Donald Trump

One woman held a ‘Stop Trump’ sign outside the office of the Consulate General of the United States in Edinburgh

Some protestors got creative with their clothing designs

An anti-Trump demonstrator holds a placard during a rally organized by the campaign group Stop Trump Coalition in Edinburgh

Some signs were explicit in their messaging opposing Trump’s presence

Others were more creative with their use of puns and clever cartoons

Some protestors used their British sense of humor to full effect

An anti-Trump demonstrator wears a papier-mache head depicting Trump, during a rally organized by the campaign group Stop Trump Coalition

No protesters were arrested at the Turnberry demonstrations, according to police.

A 50-year-old woman was issued with a recorded police warning in connection with alleged threatening behavior at a Stop Trump Scotland protest outside the US consulate in Edinburgh.

In Glasgow, a woman aged 49 was arrested at a ‘mass deportation rally’ led by Nick Tenconi, which was met by a counter-protest in George Square.

The woman, who was a counter-protester, was arrested in connection with an alleged obstruction of the police and a report will be submitted to the procurator fiscal.

Police Scotland said two arrests were made in Aberdeen at ‘other events’ on Saturday, but not at a huge anti-Trump demonstration in the city.

A spokesperson said the force ‘took action at demonstrations and protest events’ but did not make any arrests at Trump rallies across the country.

Saturday’s protests were not nearly as large as the throngs that demonstrated across Scotland when Trump played at Turnberry during his first term in 2018.

But as bagpipes played, people chanted ‘Trump Out!’ and raised dozens of homemade signs that said things like ‘No red carpet for dictators,’ ‘We don’t want you here’ and ‘Stop Trump. Migrants welcome.’

There were no shortage of signs that protestors had made to bring with them to the protest

There were some uniquely Scottish takes on Trump’s presence in Scotland

Some signs were direct in their messaging to the 47th American president

There was some uniquely Scottish messaging when it came to the creative signs

This woman had a clever take on the word supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Several women dressed up as a character from The Handmaid’s Tale in which women are second class citizens living under a dictatorship

One dog had a sign that said ‘No treats for tyrants.’

Some on the far right took to social media to call for gatherings supporting Trump in places such as Glasgow.

Trump also plans to talk trade with Starmer and Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president. But golf is a major focus.

The family will also visit another Trump course near Aberdeen in northeastern Scotland, before returning to Washington on Tuesday.

The Trumps will cut the ribbon and play a new, second course in that area, which officially opens to the public next month.

Scottish First Minister John Swinney, who is also set to meet with Trump during the visit, announced that public money will go to staging the 2025 Nexo Championship, previously known previously as the Scottish Championship, at Trump’s first course near Aberdeen next month.

‘The Scottish Government recognizes the importance and benefits of golf and golf events, including boosting tourism and our economy,’ Swinney said.

This woman made a sign by drawing over the American flag to make her point

There was no shortage of signs opposing Trump’s visit

Many signs referenced Trump’s status as a convicted felon – the first sitting president to do so

Trump is unlikely to pay attention to this sign as he is staying in the country until Tuesday

This woman found a uniquely Scottish way to protest Trump’s presence

Other protestors were happy to voice their unfiltered opinions on their placards

But Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie likened the awarding of public cash to the tournament to ‘handing some pocket money to the school bully’.

At a protest Saturday in Aberdeen, Scottish Parliament member Maggie Chapman told the crowd of hundreds: ‘We stand in solidarity, not only against Trump but against everything he and his politics stand for.

‘He believes that climate change isn’t real, he believes that cutting services for those in the world with the least is the right thing to do,’ Chapman said.

‘We say no to all of those things, not in our name, never in our name.’

With Trump having last year been convicted by a New York jury of falsifying business records, she said the president was a ‘convicted felon’.

And she told the PA news agency: ‘He is not welcome in Scotland, he is certainly not welcome in Aberdeenshire.

‘We know that he is a convicted felon. We also know that all of the promises he has repeatedly made to Scotland have come to nothing, there hasn’t been the development of jobs or houses that he promised when he opened his course in Aberdeenshire a few years ago.’

EDINBURGH, Scotland — As President Trump kicked off a weekend of golfing in his late mother’s home country, hundreds of protesters rallied outside his resorts and in cities across Scotland — abseiling off a bridge , waving Palestinian flags and chanting for the U.S. president to be deported.

At a demonstration on Saturday outside the U.S. consulate in the capital Edinburgh, one protester held Scottish bagpipes in one arm, and a sign in the other. “At least this bag of hot air serves a purpose,” it read. Another waved a banner saying “Scotland is already great”— a riff off Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.

Trump’s mother may have been from Scotland, but locals don’t consider him a native son

Protester Niamh Cunvin-Smith, 25, who traveled to the consulate protest from Inverness, asked, “Why on earth is this convicted felon allowed to come into our country and play golf when the people do not like him?”

One recent poll found 71% of people in Scotland have an unfavorable opinion of Trump, compared to 57% of people in the United Kingdom overall. (Scotland is one of four countries, along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland, that comprise the U.K.)

Trump was golfing Saturday at one of his resorts in Turnberry, about 100 miles from the U.S. consulate, which was closed all weekend.

Trump’s mother, Mary Anne MacLeod , was born and raised on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides islands. Her first language was Scottish Gaelic. She left at age 18 for New York, where she married Trump’s father, had five children, and died in 2000.

Among the protesters gathered in Edinburgh was a distant relative of the American president, Janet MacLeod-Trotter, who held a sign that read “MacLeods against Trump.” She said Trump was “misusing his heritage.”

“A lot of Macleods are very upset with the way he’s conducting all sorts of international and national issues,” she said.

MacLeod-Trotter said members of the MacLeod clan were “ashamed” to see their family name associated with a new golf course in Aberdeenshire; Trump is expected to inaugurate the new course this weekend in honor of his mother.

“He doesn’t do anything to help the people of Lewis, where his mother came from,” MacLeod-Trotter said. “He just comes over to buy up golf courses and line his own pockets.”

Scrutiny over his ties to Epstein trails Trump overseas

Questions about Trump’s Gaza policy, tariffs and trade negotiations — and about his late, former friend, sex offender Jeffrey Epstein — have followed the U.S. president to Scotland.

After Air Force One touched down Friday night in Glasgow, Trump told reporters on the tarmac that he was never briefed about his name being in any Epstein files. He said he has the power to pardon Epstein’s ex-girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell, who is serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex-trafficking — but said he hasn’t thought that much about it.

“You’re making a very big thing over something that’s not a big thing,” Trump scolded reporters, reiterating comments from earlier that media should instead focus on Bill Clinton, “hedge fund guys,” and other people suspected of having ties to Epstein.

“I’m focused on making deals. I’m not focused on conspiracy theories that you are,” the president said late Friday. “I mean, I watch you people — it’s so sad.”

But it’s not just the media. Some protesters in Edinburgh held aloft signs with photos of Trump and Epstein together. Similar photos have also appeared recently at bus stops in London. And earlier this week, Scottish protesters stealthily put up a sign outside one of Trump’s golf resorts saying the property was “twinned with Epstein Island.”

Many Scots say Trump’s security during a private visit shouldn’t fall to taxpayers

A major security operation is underway in Scotland for Trump’s visit, with officers from forces around the U.K. deployed to support Scottish police. The police operation is expected to cost Scottish taxpayers millions of dollars.

Kerry Walsh, visiting Edinburgh from Glasgow, said she’s concerned that “so much has been spent on him being here, and I don’t know what the benefit of him being here is, if I’m honest.”

The Scottish police union has also raised concerns about resources being stretched. Police warn it may take officers much longer to respond to other incidents as a result.

The president squeezes in work between rounds of golf

Trump is expected to be in Scotland through Tuesday. Toward the end of his stay, he’s expected to meet with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Scottish First Minister John Swinney, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Starmer and Trump announced a limited U.K-U.S. trade deal in May . The White House had said they would meet in Scotland to “refine” the deal. But upon his arrival, Trump said, “I think it’s more of a celebration than a workout.”

“It’s a great deal for both, and we’re going to have a meeting on other things, other than the deal,” he said. “The deal is concluded.”

But Trump has yet to sign a trade deal with the European Union. That’s likely to be the focus of his meeting on Sunday in Turnberry with von der Leyen, whom Trump called a “highly-respected woman.” He said there’s a “50-50 chance” of a deal with the EU and cited sticking points with “maybe 20 different things.”

Trump said a U.S.-EU trade deal “would be, actually, the biggest deal of them all, if we make it.”

Trump will return to the UK in less than two months

This Scotland trip is a private presidential visit. Trump plans to return to the U.K. in September for a state visit with King Charles III at Windsor Castle near London. It’s an unprecedented second state visit for Trump, who visited Charles’ mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, also at Windsor, in 2019.

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US President Donald Trump played golf under tight security on the first full day of a visit to Scotland Saturday, as hundreds of protesters took to the streets in major cities.

Trump played at his Turnberry resort with son Eric and US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens, waving to photographers following his arrival in his mother’s birth country on Friday evening.

His presence has turned the picturesque and normally quiet area of southwest Scotland into a virtual fortress, with roads closed and police checkpoints in place.

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Police officers — some on quad bikes and others on foot with sniffer dogs — patrolled the famous course and the sandy beaches and grass dunes that flank it.

Secret Service snipers were positioned at vantage points while some other golfers on the course were patted down by security personnel.

The 79-year-old Trump touched down Friday at nearby Prestwick Airport as hundreds of onlookers came out to see Air Force One and catch a glimpse of its famous passenger.

The president has professed a love of Scotland, but his controversial politics and business investments in the country have made for an uneasy relationship.

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Speaking to reporters on the tarmac, Trump immediately waded into the debate surrounding high levels of irregular migration, and lashed out at renewable energy efforts.

“You better get your act together or you’re not going to have Europe anymore,” he said, adding that migration was “killing” the continent.

“Stop the windmills. You’re ruining your countries,” he added.

Trump’s five-day visit, which is set to mix leisure with business and diplomacy, has divided the local community.

Several hundred protesters demonstrated outside the US consulate in the capital Edinburgh and in the city of Aberdeen, near where Trump owns another golf resort.

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The protests were organised by the Stop Trump Coalition. Participants held placards with slogans like “Scotland hates Trump” and waved Palestinian flags.

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“A lot of people don’t trust Trump and I’m one of them. I think the man is a megalomaniac,” retiree Graham Hodgson told AFP near Turnberry.

“He’s so full of himself. I think he’s doing a lot of damage worldwide with his tariffs. And I think it’s all for the sake of America, but at the moment I think America is paying the price as well for his policies.”

But at Prestwick Airport a boy held a sign that read “Welcome Trump” while a man waved a flag emblazoned with Trump’s most famous slogan — “Make America Great Again”.

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“I think the best thing about Trump is he’s not actually a politician yet he’s the most powerful man in the world and I think he’s looking at the best interests of his own country,” said 46-year-old Lee McLean, who had travelled from nearby Kilmarnock.

“Most politicians should really be looking at the best interests of their own country first before looking overseas,” he told AFP.

Police were also monitoring any other protests that might spring up near Turnberry, but there were no signs of any by early Saturday afternoon.

Trump is due to discuss trade with EU chief Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday and meet UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, before heading to Balmedie in Aberdeenshire where he is expected to formally open a new golf course at his resort there.

He is due to return the US on Tuesday.

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Protesters across the United Kingdom are rallying ahead of President Donald Trump’s upcoming visits. In what has been referred to as an “unprecedented” honor by U.K. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, Trump is set to enjoy a second state visit to the U.K. in September, where he will be hosted by King Charles III and Queen Camilla at Windsor Castle. But Trump will be travelling across the Atlantic sooner than that, as he’s set to visit Scotland between July 25-29, where he’s scheduled to have private meetings with both Starmer and Scottish First Minister John Swinney.

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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has confirmed that Trump will be visiting Turnberry in Scotland, where he owns a hotel and golf course. The trip will also include a stop in Aberdeen, a northern Scottish town close to his other golf course, the Trump International Golf Links.

The President has family links to Scotland, as his mother Mary Anne MacLeod was born and raised on the Scottish isle of Lewis. Trump announced in June that he plans to open a memorial garden in her memory, including a centerpiece tribute made of stone imported from Lewis. “The Scottish people, they’re tough people. They’re good people. Actually, they’re very great people. But they’re good fighters,” Trump said on the Flagrant podcast last year.

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While Trump has expressed excitement over his state visit, in particular, there are already protests taking place against his trips. Read More: What to Know About Trump’s Second State Visit to the U.K.—and How the Nation Rebelled Against His First The sentiment echoes the discontent some expressed when Trump attended a tea with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle in July 2018, before he returned to London the following year for his first state visit at Buckingham Palace. (Trump will be hosted at Windsor for his second state visit, as Buckingham Palace is currently undergoing renovations.) Protesters lined the streets against both of Trump’s visits, but it was his state visit in 2019 that made worldwide news, as the President engaged in a war of words with Mayor of London Sadiq Khan prior to the trip. When he arrived in June 2019, Trump was greeted by thousands of protesters, who were accompanied by a giant “Baby Trump” balloon which depicted Trump as a baby wearing a diaper.

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Trump has recently faced protesters in the United States, with rallies taking place across the country on June 14 when Trump hosted a national military parade on what happened to also be his birthday. He was the subject of further anti-Trump Administration protests on July 4. In the U.K., some demonstrators have got a head-start on their rebellious acts. Here’s what we know about the planned actions against Trump’s U.K. visits and the acts of protest already in progress. A picture of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein has been placed nearby the U.S. embassy in London An image of Trump alongside disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was installed at a bus stop in Nine Elms, London, near the U.S. Embassy last week.

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The political campaign group Everyone Hates Elon posted a video of the image being installed, saying: “It would be such a shame for Donald if this photo of Trump with Jeffrey Epstein appeared absolutely everywhere on his tour of the U.K. It would truly be such a huge shame if everyone donated to make that happen.” Trump’s relationship history with Epstein is once again under major scrutiny, especially with calls for more transparency regarding the case coming from both within and outside the MAGA base. The Wall Street Journal published an article on July 17 that alleged Trump had written a “bawdy” birthday note to Epstein in 2003. The message was said to have included a drawing of a naked woman, followed by a note that read: “Happy Birthday—and may every day be another wonderful secret.” Trump has denied writing the message, and has since taken legal action against the publication. Meanwhile, the Trump Administration has requested that the grand jury records related to the 2019 indictment of Epstein be released. But it’s a process that could take weeks, months, or years, if the courts approve it. Furthermore, it has done little to settle the calls for transparency, as people continue to call for the release of the Department of Justice’s Epstein files.

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Read More: Trump Administration Requests Release of Epstein Grand Jury Files. What Happens Next? A “Twinned with Epstein Island” sign is placed at Trump’s golf course in Scotland In another video posted to social media, the Everyone Hates Elon group once again made reference to Epstein. A sign that reads “Twinned with Epstein Island” was placed under the “Trump International Golf Links” placard at the President’s golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland. Epstein owned the Little Saint James Island in the United States Virgin Islands, and the location became somewhat synonymous with his crimes. There has been much speculation as to who may have visited the island as a guest of Epstein. Speaking to reporters in 2019, Trump said he had “never” been to the island, and urged them instead to query if former President Bill Clinton had.

“The question you have to ask is, did Bill Clinton go to the island? Because Epstein had an island. That was not a good place, as I understand it, and I was never there.” Trump said. “So you have to ask, did Bill Clinton go to the island? That’s the question. If you find that out, you’re going to know a lot.”

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Clinton, who has acknowledged being a former associate of Epstein but has vehemently denied knowledge of his crimes, denied visiting the island.

U.S. President Donald Trump and King Charles III inspect a guard during a welcome ceremony at Buckingham Palace on June 3, 2019. Mandel Ngan—Getty Images

The Stop Trump Coalition protests in Scotland The Stop Trump Coalition has announced planned protests in both Aberdeen and the Scottish capital, Edinburgh, for Saturday July 26th. A member of the coalition, Tommy Campbell, has said that the group also plans to lay out an unwelcoming message on the coastline for Trump when he arrives in Aberdeen. “We anticipate he will be flying in, possibly on a helicopter. We’ll make sure from the air that he will see our presence,” Campbell told the Huffington Post.

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The Aberdeen protests have been described by the group as a “festival of resistance.” “The people of Scotland don’t want to roll out a welcome mat for Trump, whose government is accelerating the spread of climate breakdown and fascism around the world,” a spokesperson for the organization said in a statement. “Even if Keir Starmer bends the knee to Trump, John Swinney should stand with the people of Scotland and say ‘no’ to a humiliating photo opportunity with the leader of the international far-right,” the statement continued, referencing the First Minister of Scotland. Police in Scotland are making significant preparations in anticipation of the President’s visit and the subsequent protests set to take place. The head of the Scottish Police Federation has said: “This is a huge policing event for Scotland and we will require mutual aid because of the huge demand on my colleagues. This is already a difficult time for Police Scotland as they are trying to organise and deliver this at short notice during a period of high annual leave.”

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Read More: ‘Free America’: Anti-Trump Administration Protests Take Place Across U.S. on July 4 The Stop Trump Coalition protest in London The Stop Trump Coalition has also organized a march for Sept. 17, to coincide with Trump’s state visit. Whilst Trump will stay at Windsor Castle, roughly 25 miles west of London, is it possible that he will visit the capital, too. The march in protest of his visit is set to begin at 5 p.m., local time. During Trump’s last state visit in 2019, protests in London included a large balloon depicting a “Baby Trump” that has since been gifted to the Museum of London. Up to 250,000 people were estimated to have taken part in the protest, with the Stop Trump Coalition group predicting an even larger turnout come September. “This time it will be even bigger, uniting campaigners across a huge range of issues. We are confident that the disgust at Donald Trump is just as strong across the country,” said spokesperson Zoe Gardner.

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The “Baby Trump” balloon featured heavily during protests against the President’s visit to London on June 4, 2019. David Mirzoeff—Getty Images

A nationwide Youth Walkout Against Trump

As part of the Youth Walkout Against Trump demonstration, participating students are set to walk out of colleges and universities across the U.K. in protest of his visit. Hundreds of people have already signed up, according to Socialist Students, the organizers of the protest.

Adam Gillman, the group’s national organizer, said: “We can send a powerful message to young people and workers in America that we stand with them against Trump—not with Starmer, who issued the invite for this state visit.”

Lauren, a student from the Welsh town of Wrexham, said of her intention to be involved in the protest: “These walkouts are a chance to stand up to Trump, as well as our government who welcome him with open arms, and all other leaders who uphold this corrupt system.”