'We Stand For Everything He Opposes': Scottish Greens MSP Maggie Chapman Shreds Trump

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On Saturday, Scottish Greens Party Member of Scottish Parliament Maggie Chapman spoke about President Trump's visit to the country.

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00:00You're here today for this anti-Trump protest in the middle of Aberdeen. Tell me why you're here today.

00:05So I'm here in Aberdeen to stand in solidarity with people from Aberdeen, from Aberdeenshire,

00:09and actually from across the northeast of Scotland who are saying that Trump is not welcome here.

00:15He is not welcome in Scotland. He's certainly not welcome in Aberdeenshire.

00:19We know that he is a convicted felon. He's convicted of many offences in the United States

00:25and he has other sexual offence cases hanging over him as we speak.

00:30We also know that all the promises that he has repeatedly made to Scotland have come to nothing.

00:36We haven't seen the development of jobs or of houses to the numbers that he promised

00:41when he opened his first golf course in Aberdeenshire a few years ago.

00:45And we know that the things that he's done since as president has seen people stripped of their dignity and rights.

00:53He's called for the annexation of the West Bank and to build a glorified holiday resort.

01:02This is ethnic cleansing that he's calling for.

01:05And I think it's really, really important that in Scotland we stand up and say Trump is not welcome here.

01:09His politics are not welcome here.

01:11We stand for everything he opposes.

01:14We stand for the rights of people.

01:16We stand for the rights of the people of Gaza, of Palestine.

01:20And it's important that we make our views known.

01:23I mean, I think it's questionable whether the US is still the most powerful country in the world.

01:29So I think there's a question over that.

01:31But I think actions matter.

01:33And courting, speaking to somebody, welcoming him, somebody like Trump to Scotland,

01:40says something about the kind of politics that the Scottish government is willing to engage in.

01:45And that's just not the kind of politics that we should be willing to engage in as a country who stands up for human rights,

01:51as a country who should stand up for dignity for all, as a country who should stand against war crimes.

01:56You know, we don't accept that just because he's the president of another state, he should be welcomed with open arms.

02:05There are plenty of leaders of countries around the world that we would condemn outright,

02:10that the Scottish government could have no problem condemning outright.

02:12We don't see why, just because he's wealthy, just because he funnels billions of pounds into the pockets of his billionaire pals,

02:20why that should give him a free pass in Scotland.

02:23So do you think John Swinney and the Scottish government should have acted differently in relation to this Trump?

02:27Yes, we do not think that the Scottish government should be welcoming Trump to Scotland.

02:32Your party today has called for the government to seek an unexplained wealth order in relation to assets here in Scotland.

02:40Tell us more about that.

02:40Yeah, so we know that Trump owns property in Scotland, not only the golf courses,

02:46but, you know, we need to be certain that he has not broken any laws here in Scotland.

02:52The Scottish Greens have repeatedly been calling for an unexplained wealth order into Trump's finances.

02:58We know he's been convicted in the US of a whole series of allegations.

03:05He has those convictions.

03:07We know that there are dodgy business deals that he is engaged in.

03:11And nothing like that should be happening in Scotland without investigation.

03:15And certainly no public money should be going towards Trump resorts,

03:19towards Trump golf courses, to the enrichment of him and his billionaire pals.

03:24No public money.

03:25No public money betting.

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03:52people who taught you.

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