Demonstrations to be held in Aberdeen and Edinburgh amid US president\u2019s visit to Turnberry and Menie golf resorts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Protest organisers anticipate a wave of resistance to Donald Trump<\/a> from Ayrshire to Aberdeenshire this weekend as Scots take to the streets to express \u201cwidespread anger\u201d at what they termed the US president\u2019s increasingly extreme policies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The US president is expected to arrive in Scotland<\/a> on Friday for a five-day private visit to his luxury golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While it is not a formal trip, Keir Starmer will hold talks in Scotland<\/a> with Trump on Monday. No press conference is scheduled, but the media are expected to attend the start of the discussions \u2013 opening the possibility for another freewheeling question and answer session by the president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no expectation the protests will bring disorder or disruption, the assistant chief constable Emma Bond, Police Scotland\u2019s gold command for the operation, insisted at a pre-visit briefing on Tuesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the Scottish Police<\/a> Federation, which represents rank-and-file officers, said the scale of the policing operation would stretch resources and could double the time taken for a police officer to attend an incident elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Stop Trump Coalition is organising events in Aberdeen in the city centre and outside the US consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday at midday \u2013 similar gatherings during Trump\u2019s visit to Scotland in 2018<\/a> attracted thousands of protesters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Along with the two main city gatherings, protests are expected around Turnberry and Menie, where Trump is expected to open a new 18-hole golf course named in honour of his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, who was born on the Isle of Lewis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Starmer is likely to travel to Scotland on Monday morning or late on Sunday, after attending the women\u2019s Euro final in Switzerland<\/a>, in which England are playing, although if the White House dinner on Sunday night goes ahead, he might have to change his plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Downing Street has given little information about the trip and Starmer\u2019s role in it, saying that normal protocols do not apply because it is officially a private visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The White House has already said that a pool of 12 US journalists will be present at the talks with Starmer, and the expectation is that the UK media will aim to be represented as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n While most initial greetings between world leaders are brief and uneventful, Trump has a habit of answering a number of questions shouted out to him, often creating news.<\/p>\n\n\n\n