Trump’s rhetoric aside, that’s not at all the situation in the US – perhaps one reason why polls suggest that, outside of Trump’s nativist base, most Americans have relatively positive feelings about immigration.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK Britain’s stunning vote to leave the European Union, buoyed by a frenzy of nationalism and populist anger, was a crushing rejection of the political elite. He was greeted, much like the queen of England would be met, by staff members of Trump Turnberry – all clad in red “Make Turnberry Great Again” hats – as well as two bagpipers in kilts who, along with Secret Service agents, preceded him up the sloping steps to his property.
Smart of him to be there as the vote unfolded, associating himself with the result. The catalogue of Turnberry treats went on for several minutes, leaving many wondering what they were watching-wasn’t this the Presidential candidate for a major American party? His Democratic rival in the United States presidential election in November, Hillary Clinton, seized the moment to post a video compilation of criticism from Cameron and others.
“This time of uncertainty only underscores the need for calm, steady, experienced leadership in the White House”, Clinton said.
This, while Hillary Clinton says “we respect the choice” the United Kingdom people have made and must “make sure that the economic uncertainty created by these events does not hurt working families”. “What I’m anxious about is that the Brexit vote could be the straw that breaks the back of the USA growth picture”. Recent surveys give Clinton a national lead of as many as 12 points.
The Republican nominee landed by helicopter across the street from Turnberry before making a speech flanked by son Eric, son Donald and daughter Ivanka.
Obama had warned British voters against Brexit, in an unusually strong intervention into British politics in April. She called for Americans to respond to the vote by pulling together “to solve our challenges as a country, not tear each other down”. “You’re going to let people that you want into your country, and people that you don’t want, or people that you don’t think are going to be appropriate for your country, or good for your country, you’re not going to have to take”. Trump also fought to stop a wind farm for being built – even going as far as to sue the government – because he didn’t want it to block the view from his golf course. “They want to take their borders back, they want to take their monetary back”.
Clinton, who like President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, opposed a British exit from the European Union, said she “respects” the will of the British people and will work to limit the economic effects of the vote in the United States.
The item was posted as Trump was getting set to visit his Turnberry golf resort after arriving Friday in Scotland. He said Americans would have a chance “to re-declare their independence” and “reject today’s rule by the global elite” when they vote on November 8.
He adds that “a Trump administration pledges to strengthen our ties with a free and independent Britain, deepening our bonds in commerce, culture and mutual defense”. The demographic profile of Brexit supporters is found to be strikingly similar to that of American Trump supporters.
It was timely for Trump to be in the United Kingdom, but the optics were skewed because he was visiting one of his golf courses in Scotland, where the vote was overwhelming in favour of Britain remaining in the EU. Some irate neighbors living next to the course have raised Mexican flags in symbolic opposition to Trump. The main event is Friday at Turnberry, a famed century-old club that has hosted four British Opens.
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump hailed the British vote to quit the European Union as “fantastic”, whereas his Democratic challenger Hillary Clinton merely “respects” a decision that is convulsing global markets and unnerving her campaign.
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Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, has traveled to Scotland to mark the opening of the Turnberry golf resort, which he purchased two years ago and spent more than $300 million rehabilitating. Trump would “Make America Great Again”.
