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Scotland's First Minister's message to donald trump (sound quality not great): (Original Post)
George II
Jan 2021
OP
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)1. Hahaha!
Good!
Ty, George! I was hoping BJ's lockdown would nix dump's plan of escape.
Ninga
(8,277 posts)2. Yep. Scotland won't suffer fools.
NoRoadUntravelled
(2,626 posts)3. It's not as though he cares what their policies are.
It's not as though they will refuse to let his plane land.
It's not as though they'll refuse to let him and his party deplane.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)4. Please just take him!
greatauntoftriplets
(175,752 posts)5. I figured that'd go over like a lead balloon.
They hate him too.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)6. Here's more.
But Scotland's first minister stressed it is illegal to travel in or out of the country without a valid reason and said: "Coming to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose."
The White House has repeatedly refused to say what the outgoing president will do when Mr Biden is inaugurated on 20 January, prompting speculation about whether Mr Trump will attend the ceremony.
Asked about speculation that Mr Trump could travel to Scotland in order to avoid the inauguration, Ms Sturgeon said: "I have no idea what Donald Trump's travel plans are, you'll be glad to know.
"I hope and expect that as everybody expects, not everybody necessarily will hope that the travel plan immediately that he has is to exit the White House.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-biden-inauguration-scotland-sturgeon-lockdown-b1782602.html
The White House has repeatedly refused to say what the outgoing president will do when Mr Biden is inaugurated on 20 January, prompting speculation about whether Mr Trump will attend the ceremony.
Asked about speculation that Mr Trump could travel to Scotland in order to avoid the inauguration, Ms Sturgeon said: "I have no idea what Donald Trump's travel plans are, you'll be glad to know.
"I hope and expect that as everybody expects, not everybody necessarily will hope that the travel plan immediately that he has is to exit the White House.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/trump-biden-inauguration-scotland-sturgeon-lockdown-b1782602.html