SCOTS have been urged to boycott Donald Trump’s Scottish businesses as the US president continues to threaten to invade Greenland.
Scottish Greens MSP Lorna Slater told The National: “The time has come to stand up to Trump.”
It comes amid the latest of the US president’s threats to take over Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
On Saturday, Trump said he would charge the UK a 10% tariff “on any and all goods” sent to the US from February 1, increasing to 25% from June 1, until a deal is reached for Washington to purchase Greenland from Denmark.
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He said the same would apply to Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Finland.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has branded the move “wrong” but not committed to any retaliatory tariffs.
First Minister John Swinney, meanwhile, accused the US president of issuing “economic threats” which are “deeply damaging”.
Now, the Scottish Greens have weighed in – suggesting there should be a boycott of Trump’s Scottish businesses.
Trump – who has ties to Scotland through his mother – counts two Scottish golf resorts in his business portfolio, including the Trump International Golf Links near Aberdeen and Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire.
“That would be a great idea. I'd love to see some sort of organised resistance to Donald Trump,” Slater said when asked whether she’d welcome a boycott of these firms.
“I suspect that's going to look like a grassroots campaign of people identifying his businesses and protesting outside his businesses.”
She added: “I've been pretty sickened by the way Keir Starmer and the King have been sucking up to Trump, and it's just proven this weekend how pointless all of that was. Donald Trump does not protect his allies.
"He doesn't stick by his agreements. He just makes things up as he goes along.
“So there's no point in kowtowing to him because he sees that as weakness.”
Slater went on: “Now, I get that Europe is in a really difficult position because being able to support Ukraine against Russia is something that Europe needs to build towards.
“At the moment, Europe is dependent on America for that, so I understand the need to properly support Ukraine, but the time has to come to stand up to Donald Trump.
"And Greenland might, might be that line. If Donald Trump is going to threaten military action on Greenland, then that's the point at which we have to stand up to it and not normalise either the kind of dialogue or the kind of tactics that he's using on tariffs.”
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