{"id":10453,"date":"2025-07-29T02:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/?p=10453"},"modified":"2025-07-29T02:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:32:01","slug":"welcome-to-scotland-donald-wie-die-schotten-dem-praesidenten-begegnen-den-sie-nie-wollten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/welcome-to-scotland-donald-wie-die-schotten-dem-praesidenten-begegnen-den-sie-nie-wollten\/","title":{"rendered":"\"Welcome to Scotland, Donald\" \u2013 How the Scots Are Greeting the President They Never Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the morning of July 28, 2025, a black delivery van rolled through the granite streets of Aberdeen \u2013 inconspicuous in its form, provocative in its message. On the large LED screen of the vehicle appeared an image that sears itself into memory: Jeffrey Epstein, arm in arm with Donald Trump. Below, in white letters: \"WELCOME TO SCOTLAND, DONALD.\" No slogan, no outrage \u2013 just an image that says more than any protest chant. For many Scots, it was a greeting meant not to welcome, but to remind. Trump had arrived for a five-day private visit, officially to attend to his golf resorts in Turnberry and Aberdeen \u2013 in reality, once again, to stage himself. But Scotland is not America. Here, the president, who so loves to portray himself as a global businessman, encounters a population that has mostly rejected him \u2013 and has for years. Back in 2016, during his last term in office, local lawmakers across party lines opposed Trump\u2019s state visit. Not out of diplomatic routine, but out of moral resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"361\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/welcome-to-scotland-Donald.webp?resize=640%2C361&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/welcome-to-scotland-Donald.webp?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/welcome-to-scotland-Donald.webp?resize=18%2C10&amp;ssl=1 18w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/welcome-to-scotland-Donald.webp?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kaizen-blog.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/welcome-to-scotland-Donald.webp?resize=768%2C433&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Aberdeen, where his Balmedie golf project was once announced with great pomp, the promise of economic revitalization largely went unfulfilled. Instead, many residents remember legal disputes, environmental destruction, and a president who \u2013 even from faraway Washington \u2013 railed against everything Scotland stands for: social justice, environmental policy, minority rights. For many, Trump's presence on Scottish soil is a continued affront \u2013 especially at a time when his name is once again tied to Ghislaine Maxwell and the Epstein files. The van photo in Aberdeen was not an official protest, but a work of artistic intervention \u2013 organized by activists who are confronting this president\u2019s past just as much as his present. The Scots, known for their sharp wit and strong historical memory, have their own way of showing resistance. No riot, no grandstanding \u2013 just a quiet reminder that speaks more powerfully than any speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Because Scotland has learned not to be dazzled \u2013 not by red ties, not by golden towers, and certainly not by yellowed promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:48px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700\">Investigative journalism requires courage, conviction \u2013 and your support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-green-cyan-background-color has-background has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/unterstuetzen-sie-unser-arbeit\/\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:800\">Support Kaizen<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:53px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"popcorn-panic,topstory,trump-s-world\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1753756318\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"\u201eWelcome to Scotland, Donald\u201c \u2013 Wie die Schotten dem Pr\u00e4sidenten begegnen, den sie nie wollten\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/kaizen-blog.org\/en\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Am Morgen des 28. 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Darunter in wei\u00dfen Lettern: \u201eWELCOME TO SCOTLAND, DONALD.\u201c [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[79,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-popcorn-panic","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u201eWelcome to Scotland, Donald\u201c \u2013 Wie die Schotten dem Pr\u00e4sidenten begegnen, den sie nie wollten - The Kaizen Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Am Morgen des 28. 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