Scotland's major political leaders snubbed Donald Trump during his golf course visit
Scottish political party leaders all received gold and black invitations to Friday's reopening of Donald Trump's Scottish golf resort, sent to them by Trump's son, Eric.
None of them accepted.
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Labor leader Kezia Dugdale, Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson, and Liberal Democrat leader Willie Rennie all declined their invitations to Trump Turnberry's reopening, according to The Telegraph.
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Trump was once a trade ambassador to Scotland, though Sturgeon ended that relationship after the candidate proposed a ban on Muslims coming to the United States, in December.
Sturgeon has called Trump's proposal "abhorrent," and has said she hopes "the good sense of the people of America will prevail" come election time.
Many Scottish residents have disliked the presumptive Republican presidential nominee at least since he bought up land for his golf resort.
Books and documentaries have chronicled the discord between Trump and Scottish residents, and that discord was on display again as Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday.
The candidate tweeted that Scotland "took their country back," in reference to the United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union on Thursday.
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While the U.K. did indeed vote to leave the E.U., Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay.
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