ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND - JULY 10: Donald Trump plays a round of golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course on July 10, 2012 in Balmedie, Scotland. The controversial £100m course opens to the public on Sunday July 15. Further plans to build hotels and homes on the site have been put on hold until a decision has been made on the building of an offshore windfarm nearby. (Photo: Getty)
After Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said in a statement that President Donald Trump would not be allowed to visit the country during their COVID-19 lockdown, there has been a growing call to ban Trump from the country in general.
Trump has made regular visits to Scotland, and more specifically his own Trump club in Aberdeenshire during his time as president.
Scotland Health Secretary Jeane Freeman said that if Trump ignored the First Minister’s warning, the Scottish Government “would use every power available to it to protect the health of its citizens” including formally banning Trump
After Wednesday’s deadly riots in the Capitol building, several Scottish officials urged Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf to officially ban Trump “because he poses a threat to UK society.”
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It is unclear if a Scottish ban would extend to other U.K. territories in Great Britain.
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