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| Swinney congratulates Trump after backing Harris | |
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| John Swinney backed Kamala Harris for the US presidency | John Swinney backed Kamala Harris for the US presidency |
| Scotland's First Minister John Swinney has congratulated Donald Trump on his victory in the US presidential election. | |
| The SNP leader had backed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris - a move branded an "insult" by Trump's Scottish business. | The SNP leader had backed Democratic candidate Kamala Harris - a move branded an "insult" by Trump's Scottish business. |
| But with the former president poised to re-enter the White House, Swinney said Scotland shared many "many social, cultural and economic links" with the US. | |
| He posted on X, external: "In that relationship, we will stand fast in support of our values of fairness, democracy and equality – ideals that America was built upon." | He posted on X, external: "In that relationship, we will stand fast in support of our values of fairness, democracy and equality – ideals that America was built upon." |
| Trump, whose company owns two golf courses in Scotland, is half Scottish, with his mother Mary Anne MacLeod born and raised on the Isle of Lewis. | |
| Speaking to reporters in the Scottish Parliament last week, Swinney said US voters should back Harris. | Speaking to reporters in the Scottish Parliament last week, Swinney said US voters should back Harris. |
| He added: "And I’ve not come to that conclusion only because Donald Trump is opposed to Scottish independence.” | He added: "And I’ve not come to that conclusion only because Donald Trump is opposed to Scottish independence.” |
| Trump International owns two golf courses in Scotland | Trump International owns two golf courses in Scotland |
| Swinney's endorsement came after Trump told a podcast that he hoped the UK "always stays together". | |
| Trump International, which runs the golf resorts at Turnberry in Ayrshire and Menie in Aberdeenshire, called the comments "appalling". | |
| Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also sided with Harris ahead of the election. | Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar also sided with Harris ahead of the election. |
| He told BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show the "world wins" if the US does not elect a "divisive figure". | He told BBC Scotland’s The Sunday Show the "world wins" if the US does not elect a "divisive figure". |
| "I think there's a reason why so many people in America, right across the globe, want to see the Democrats win or want to see Kamala Harris as president," he said. | "I think there's a reason why so many people in America, right across the globe, want to see the Democrats win or want to see Kamala Harris as president," he said. |
| Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton travelled to the US, external to campaign for Kamala Harris, having campaigned for Barak Obama in 2008. | |
| He called Trump’s victory “devastating” for the US, women, people seeking asylum, the LGBTQ+ community and Ukraine. | |
| “I’ll never forget or regret my time helping out or the people I met,” he posted on X, external. “Just I wish I’d done more.” | “I’ll never forget or regret my time helping out or the people I met,” he posted on X, external. “Just I wish I’d done more.” |
| 'Dark day' | |
| Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater also endorsed Harris. | Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater also endorsed Harris. |
| Slater called Trump’s victory, external a “dark day” for women, Ukraine, Gaza and the planet. | Slater called Trump’s victory, external a “dark day” for women, Ukraine, Gaza and the planet. |
| Scottish Conservative leader Russell Findlay, during his party's leadership contest, was asked who he would vote for in the US election if he could. | |
| He told the Daily Record, external: “I don't have a vote. I'm a lot more interested in what happens in Scotland than in other countries. Many in the Scottish Parliament would do well to adopt the same approach, instead of parading as pound-shop diplomats.” | |
| Ahead of his presidential victory in 2016, Trump was criticised by every party leader in Scotland. | |
| Former first minister Nicola Sturgeon initially said she would not take a call from Donald Trump if he won the presidency | |
| Asked what she would do if asked to take a call from him, then first minister Nicola Sturgeon told a televised leaders’ debate she would say: “I’m on the other line, sorry.” | |
| The former SNP leader also stripped the Republican candidate of his role as business ambassador for Scotland after he suggested Muslims should be banned from entering the US. | |
| Following his victory in 2016, Sturgeon wrote a congratulatory letter to Trump, and spoke to him on the phone. | |
| Responding to this year's election results, Sturgeon posted a picture, external of the Statue of Liberty in tears on Instagram. |