He's finally lost it. Big time. Trump has declared war on Scotland.
He has turned on his heretofore ally Alex Salmond, telling him that
"you will single-handedly have done more damage to Scotland than virtually any event in Scottish history!"That's quite a claim, although I suspect that Mr Trump gets his Scottish history from Mel Gibson.
(You can see Trump's full letter to the First Minister as a pdf here on Patrick Harvie's website.)
So what is it that has caused such ire? Ah yes, those wind turbines that will be popping up off the Aberdeenshire coast soon. Trump reckons they will
"[destroy] Scotland's coastline and, therefore, Scotland itself"He goes on
"I have just authorized my staff to allocate a substantial amount of money to launch an international campaign to fight your plan to surround Scotland's coast with many thousands of wind turbines"Well, good luck with that. Because most of the international community - ie not the wingnuts - I suspect will actually congratulate us on being at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution, and our efforts to tackle climate change.
Quite why Salmond ever did business with Trump is becoming increasingly unclear. Having been allowed to steamroller over our planning process and rip up large swathes of protected countryside, he's now throwing his toys out of the pram at every perceived slight. We should tell him to sling his hook, and to take his unneeded golf course with him - and then charge him to restore the dunes that he's ruined.
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Trump's amusing outbursts might be interpreted as a means of his saving face with his existing constituency. Some might say that he is laying the ground for a withdrawal from Aberdeenshire, blaming his failure to turn a profit on outside factors.
I hate golf, but notwithstanding the destruction of an SSSI, I'll be sad to see him go, for he provided such entertaining spectacle, adding immeasurably to the culture of Aberdeen "City and Shire"
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