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July 14, 2018 14:50
Hundreds Gather in Scottish City for Anti-Trump Protests

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Hundreds of people have protested in Scotland's largest city to dissent against United States President Donald Trump's visit to the United Kingdom.

Pensioners, students, families, and activists from a broad variety of pressure groups attended the demonstration in Glasgow.

A do-it-yourself banner was carried by Stirling-based Emily Bryce, with pride written in Gaelic, as an acknowledgment of Trump's Highland roots, which interprets as "Donald Trump, son of the devil."

The 67-year-old Bryce said, "it's a disgrace that (British Prime Minister) Theresa May has allowed Trump to visit the U.K. and to meet the queen."

Police approximated the crowd in Glasgow's St. George Square at less than 1,600 people.

The Contempt the widespread anti-Trump state, there was an irresistible understanding that the U.K. protests are not anti-American.

Jonathon Gillies, a 27-year-old bar worker from Glasgow, said that "nobody here is against Americans. They are welcome to come here anytime. It's just Trump we have a problem with."

Trump's visit to Britain is one of the sizable operations in recent years for police, necessitating akin resources to the 2014 NATO summit in Wales.

Matthew Bonner, one of the organizers, says "depicting Trump as a baby is a great way of targeting his fragile ego, and mocking him is our main motivation." He says Trump "doesn't seem to be affected by the moral outrage that comes from his behavior and his policies. You can't reason with him but you can ridicule him."

By Sowmya Sangam

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