Locals in Scotland, long annoyed by Trump’s golf courses, expressed their outrage as the president visited for the weekend.
EDINBURGH, Scotland — With witty placards, blaring bagpipes and terse lines in the sand, Scots are protesting President Donald Trump’s visit to their nation this weekend in their own inimitable way.
On Sunday, near a statue of William Wallace in central Aberdeen, an activist set up a desk draped with a U.S. flag bearing the word “sorry” and offered apologies to passersby for America’s “failings.”
The interactions with strangers are “unscripted acts of connection, resistance and atonement,” said Joseph DeLappe, who was born in the United States but has lived in Scotland for nearly nine years.
Trump is no stranger to protests either at home or abroad, but in Scotland (where his mother was born Mary Anne MacLeod) the resistance comes with a distinctly Scottish twist: a mix of humor, sarcasm and bite.
