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Thousands Turn Out To Protest Against President Trump In Scotland

President Trump is on his first official visit to the U.K. and spending the weekend golfing at his Turnberry resort in Scotland.
People in Edinburgh, Scotland, march in protest against President Trump during his first official visit to the U.K.

Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Edinburgh and Glasgow on Saturday to protest against President Trump, who is spending the weekend in Scotland ahead of a meeting next week with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump played golf at his resort in Turnberry, Scotland, during his first official visit to the United Kingdom as president. He was greeted by protesters on a nearby beach , "No Trump, no KKK, no racist USA." Earlier, that police were investigating how a paraglider was able to fly close to Trump's Turnberry resort with a

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