Donald Trump dances on Nicola Sturgeon's political grave

2023-02-15

Trump brands Nicola Sturgeon ‘failed woke extremist’ following her resignation: Ex-President blames First Minister for golf course failures and says she ‘symbolizes everything wrong with identity politics’

Trump criticised Sturgeon’s gender reform bill and branded her a ‘crazed leftist’
He also blamed her for the £15.4M reported losses at his Scottish golf courses
Sturgeon resigned as Scotland’s First Minister after several political setbacks

Donald Trump branded Nicola Sturgeon a ‘failed woke extremist’ and said Scotland was ‘better off without her’ after she announced she would stand down after eight years as First Minister.

The former US President criticised Ms Sturgeon’s gender reform bill, her handling of the imprisonment of transgender rapist Isla Bryson and declared her a ‘crazed leftist who symbolizes everything wrong with identity politics.’

He also blamed her for the combined losses of more than £15.4million reported at his Scottish golf courses, which Mr Trump touts to be ‘the greatest Golf properties in the World.’

Ms Sturgeon made her shocking resignation announcement today following a series of political setbacks.

She acknowledged the ‘choppy waters’ but insisted her resignation was not in response to the ‘latest period of pressure’ and said she will remain in office while the Scottish National Party (SNP) selects her successor.

Donald Trump (pictured at his golf resort in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2011) has branded Nicola Sturgeon as a ‘failed woke extremist’ after she announced she would stand down after eight years as Scotland’s First Minister

Ms Sturgeon made her shocking resignation announcement today following a series of political setbacks. She is pictured a press conference at Bute House today

Trump, posting on his Truth Social platform, criticised Ms Sturgeon’s gender reform bill, her handling of the imprisonment of transgender rapist Isla Bryson and declared her a ‘crazed leftist who symbolizes everything wrong with identity politics’

Mr Trump, who owns golf resorts at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire and Turnberry in Ayrshire, claims Ms Sturgeon’s departure is ‘better’ for the Scottish people.

Taking to Truth Social, the Twitter-like social media platform owned by the former President, Mr Trump said today: ‘Good riddance to failed woke extremist Nicola Sturgeon of Scotland!

‘I built the greatest Golf properties in the World in Scotland, but she fought me all the way, making my job much more difficult. The wonderful people of Scotland are much better off without Sturgeon in office!’

The billionaire real estate mogul also took aim at the First Minister’s recent political challenges, specifically those surrounding gender identity.

‘Sturgeon thought it was OK to put a biological man in a women’s prison,’ he wrote.

‘And if that wasn’t bad enough, Sturgeon fought for a “Gender Recognition Reform Bill” that would have allowed 16-year-old children to change their gender without medical advice.’

Ms Sturgeon’s Government had sought to push through gender reforms in recent months, only for them to be blocked by Westminster.

She also came under fire after Bryson, who was convicted of raping two women in 2016 and 2019 while still living as Adam Graham, was sent to an all-female prison.

In a humiliating u-turn – and after mounting pressure from MPs and MSPs – Ms Sturgeon had the inmate moved to a male jail, saying: ‘I don’t think it’s possible to have a rapist within a women’s prison’.

The First Minister today insisted the row surrounding Bryson ‘wasn’t the final straw’, but said it is ‘time for someone else’ to lead the SNP.

‘This decision comes from a deeper and longer-term assessment,’ she said, adding that serving had been the ‘privilege of my life’, but said leaving now was ‘right for me, for my party and for the country’.

Ms Sturgeon rose to power unopposed after the independence referendum in 2014, in which the electorate vote to remain in the UK.

She took over from Alex Salmond, the political mentor with whom she would come into conflict in the years to come over the handling of sexual harassment allegations made against him.

Mr Trump (pictured in 2018 in Turnberry, Scotland) claims Ms Sturgeon’s departure is ‘better’ for the Scottish people. He owns golf resorts at the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire and Turnberry in Ayrshire

The billionaire real estate mogul also took aim at Ms Sturgeon’s recent political challenges, specifically those surrounding gender identity. She is pictured leaving Bute House by the back door today after she announced that she will stand down as First Minister for Scotland

‘Sturgeon thought it was OK to put a biological man in a women’s prison,’ Mr Trump wrote, referencing the controversy surrounding transgender double rapist Isla Bryson (pictured)

Mr Trump’s frustration with the First Minister comes after his Scottish resorts reported large financial losses earlier this month – which the ex-President’s son Eric blamed on the ‘significant impact’ of the pandemic.

Accounts filed at Companies House revealed that Turnberry, which Trump’s firm purchased for £39.5million in June 2014, saw its turnover almost double in 2021 to £13.1million.

Golf Recreation Scotland, which runs Turnberry, made an operating profit of £1.1million for the year up to December 31, 2021.

However after charges for depreciation, foreign currency exchange and exceptional items, it reported an overall loss of £14.7million. In 2020, the company made a loss of £5.3million.

The Trump International Golf Links, which the former President opened in the north-east of Scotland in 2012 following a battle with environmental campaigners, made a loss for the tenth year in a row, despite recording its best financial performance.

The resort’s turnover almost doubled to £2million and it made a gross profit of more than £200,000.

It reported a total loss for the year of £700,000 compared to a loss of £1.3million in the previous year.

Trump, whose representatives had initially said they would spend up to £1billion on the development, hailed the course as the greatest in the world and pledged to create 800 jobs at the resort.

Mr Trump’s frustration with the First Minister comes after his Scottish resorts reported large financial losses earlier this month. He is pictured in 2016 during a tour of his International Golf Links course north of Aberdeen

The business employed 53 people during its tenth year of operations who were paid a total of £1.6million.

Trump, 76, resigned as a director from the golf businesses after being elected as president and handed over his controlling stake to a trust run by his family.

The Trump Organisation said it was pleased with how the businesses had rebounded from the Covid-19 pandemic and insisted it remains optimistic about the future of his investments in Scotland.

Last year the golf courses saw a total of loss of around £6million.

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