Scottish Ron Swanson is protesting Trump with a Mexican flag https://t.co/DUUyyNNxWV
— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) June 21, 2016
So proud of my people right now. https://t.co/YlGSHqie7O
— Wyeth Ruthven (@wyethwire) June 21, 2016
The Washington Post adds a long, meaty article explaining “Trump’s top example of foreign experience: A Scottish golf course losing millions”:
BALMEDIE, Scotland — When Donald Trump arrives this weekend at the golf course he built on the rugged dunes of this remote, windswept corner overlooking the North Sea, he will celebrate it as an example of his international business success.
He bought the property north of Aberdeen more than a decade ago as his first European project — a chance to establish the Trump brand in his mother’s native country. He has pointed to it as a precursor to his bid for the U.S. presidency…
But to many people in Scotland, his course here has been a failure. Over the past decade, Trump has battled with homeowners, elbowed his way through the planning process, shattered relationships with elected leaders and sued the Scottish government. On top of that, he has yet to fulfill the lofty promises he made.
Trump has also reported to Scottish authorities that he lost millions of dollars on the project — even as he claims on U.S. presidential disclosure forms that the course has been highly profitable…
“He would have us think that he is widely respected and loved, that Scotland he has won over. . . . That’s just delusional, I’m sorry to say,” said Aberdeen’s Suzanne Kelly, who organized the national petition. “Nobody wants him around. . . . And he refuses to see or refuses to accept what is reality.”
May those words appear on the tombstone of Trump’s political career, come November.
Apart from remembering never to pick a fight with a company that buys pixels by the barrel, what’s on the agenda for the evening?
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