Robert Gordon University, which gave Trump an honorary DBA (or Doctor of Business Administration) in 2010 said in a statement on Wednesday that it was revoking the award.
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Meanwhile, Robert Gordon University revoked his honorary degree over comments that are ‘wholly incompatible with the ethos and values of the university’.
Dr Kennedy, who handed back his own honorary degree in protest at the award, said at the time: “Mr Trump is simply not a suitable person to be given an honorary degree and he should not be held up as an example of how to conduct business”.
Earlier, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon removed Mr Trump’s status as a business ambassador for Scotland with the GlobalScot network.
Mr Trump sparked outrage when he called for a “total and complete shutdown” of all Muslims entering the United States “until our country’s representatives can figure out what is going on”. I am glad that so many people feel the same way that I do.
However, Chancellor George Osborne yesterday turned down demands for Trump to be banned from entering the United Kingdom for “hate speech”.
“And for Republican candidates for president, to stand by their pledge to support Mr. Trump, that in and of itself is disqualifying”.
On Thursday, founder of the petition Suzanne Kelly said it was “one of many little acts of defiance” against Mr Trump that had since ballooned.
Donald Trump has been kicked out of a worldwide network for business professionals with Scottish connections after the presidential hopeful said Muslims should be refused entry to the United States.
The fizzled ties come amid global backlash to Trump’s call to temporarily halt the entrance of Muslims into the us amid increasing concerns of terrorism.
DONALD Trump isn’t the only holder of an honorary degree from a Scottish institution to court criticism.
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Prime Minister David Cameron has described Mr Trump’s views as “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong”.
