You've Been Trumped Page #7

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This is unprecedented.

That's a bit stupid, isn't it?

They've left an access there, look.

Where's it go? Nowhere.

How can he say that's

better than nature? Eh?

HE LAUGHS:

Boy, the man lives in cuckooland.

That flag stands for freedom

and for a country that you are

passionate about, presumably.

Used to be. I used to be.

Until Salmond gave them the

right to destroy the bloody links.

I voted for SNP for 35 years.

I'll never ever vote

for them again. Never.

They've done this country wrong.

They're giving it away to the Americans.

HE CHUCKLES:

'American tycoon Donald

Trump has jetted into Aberdeen

'ahead of receiving an honorary degree

'from the city's Robert

Gordon University.

'This afternoon, the

Tripping Up Trump campaign

'handed in a 6,500 signature petition

'against the university's decision.'

It's really quite sad

to see what he is doing.

I thought it was going to be done

with a little tweak here and there,

but it's not, it's just been flattened,

especially the bit beside us,

and he's just moving south.

Awful that our, you know, our country

have let him take an SSI and that,

and I'm sure he's having a

quick smile to himself, you know.

They swarm around him like flies.

Whenever he's here.

And I mean, it's just a joke.

I also think it's just

so false, you know.

All these people arriving

suited and booted.

And, "Yes, Mr Trump." "No, Mr Trump."

What has he done here to deserve this

but destroy a Site Of

Special Scientific Interest

and a beautiful dune system?

The people love what we're doing.

They love that I'm spending hundreds

of millions of pounds on doing it.

They love the fact that

I'm creating a lot of jobs.

Mr Trump doesn't appreciate

just how much this system moves.

None of these things

will ever come back,

cos the conditions

will be totally changed.

All these damn chemicals

on the greens, and...

Ah, me.

You just wonder where it's

going to end with this.

The last time he was here,

he made quite a rather sour comment

about myself and Findlay and the dog.

You, know, "Demonstrators."

And I thought, "I'm not a

demonstrator. I live here."

This one was from the students.

And any gift from the

students I always valued.

Because I thought that

was what my work was about.

From the moment I decided

that I was going to hand

my honorary degree back,

my thoughts were all about how I

could get the maximum publicity.

Because I knew that simply handing

it back in a private manner,

it would simply be put away

and that would be the end of it.

How difficult is it for

you to return this degree?

It's not difficult at all.

I'm going to march in that door

and ask whether the

Principal is available.

If he isn't, it will

be given into the desk.

And that will be it.

Because somebody's got to

stand up to these people

and make sure that the world knows

there are people who

don't approve of this.

I don't approve of bullying.

I don't approve of bullying to

the people on the Menie Estate.

That is my honorary degree certificate.

Not wanted! Not wanted!

APPLAUSE:

For someone in such a

significant and serious position

to take what is obviously a very

personal and determined stance

is a very positive thing for us.

And we are here in pure support

of Dr Kennedy and his position.

Donald Trump has said he

thinks you cannae be too greedy.

He believes that you should

be brutal and powerful.

He believes that sacking

people is not a bad thing.

He boasts of the number

of people he's sacked.

These are not the sort of

qualities I would expect of a man

who is to receive an honorary degree.

APPLAUSE:

He feels very strongly.

And I think, under those circumstances,

it isn't a difficult decision to make.

David, what happened inside?

Well, Professor Harper wasn't available.

And so I saw one of

the Vice-Principals.

But, of course, she's

following the party line

that Mr Trump is a very

successful entrepreneur,

he's a billionaire, and, of

course, that tells you everything.

- (ON RADIO)

- ' "They're making a mockery of the system,"

'in the words of Dr David Kennedy,

'who's handed back his honorary

degree to Robert Gordon University.

'And he has this message for the tycoon.

'Don't trample on your neighbours.'

Don't destroy the

environment of Aberdeen.

This is part of the jewels of

Scotland that are being destroyed.

My view is take your money

elsewhere. We don't want it.

A positive paper, but it's

letting people know the truth.

Because we feel that people

don't know the realities

of this development.

And if they did know,

they'd think twice.

There's some people in Aberdeen

that really want this development

to go ahead. Powerful people.

And they're not letting the

word out on what's going on.

- Have you been out at Menie House?

- Yes.

And have you seen some

of the ramshackle dumps

that are round there?

If you mean Michael Forbes'...

I'm not referring to anybody specific -

I'm talking in general terms.

- Have you seen it?

- Um... I've been to Menie, yes.

Here's the point.

You take in wealthy people from

all over the world, flying in,

and they're playing there

and they're looking at houses

that are in bad condition,

with ramshackle tractors

and old farm implements

lying over there.

Do you think that does any good

to the vision of Scotland

throughout the world?

BAGPIPES PLAY:

'American billionaire Donald

Trump defied his critics'

to pick up an honorary degree from

Aberdeen's Robert Gordon University.

He's pledged to build the

world's greatest golf course

on the Menie Estate in Aberdeenshire.

'Today, Aberdeen's

Robert Gordon University

'recognised US tycoon Donald

Trump's ability to make money.

'Now a Doctor of Business

Administration...'

- Just a casual shot against the railing would be quite nice.

- Lovely!

Can we get the "You're

Fired" again, Mr Trump?

Thank you very much.

Hello, everybody.

Is the course on schedule?

Yeah, the course is in perfect schedule.

In fact, if anything,

it's ahead of schedule.

And I am very happy to report

that everything we've done...

I think it's even coming out

better than we had anticipated

in our wildest dreams.

It's going to be really spectacular.

There doesn't seem to be

people against the job.

The only one I see is

this gentleman right here,

who I've never seen before until

yesterday when he started screaming.

Question? Real journalists.

I want real journalists.

Mr Trump, I wonder what

you'd say to Dr David Kennedy.

He handed back his degree last week

and said that your honour was an

insult to decent people everywhere,

and also accused you of bullying

people on the Menie Estate.

And, I mean, I myself have

been arrested, handcuffed

and put in a prison cell for four hours

whilst interviewing your

representative, Mr Paul O'Connor,

on the site. I just wondered whether

you felt that was the right way

to treat people and whether, in

fact, you had anything to hide.

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