Donald Trump has waded into the independence debate by saying he hopes the UK “stays together”. The former President, who has a chance of winning the US election next week, rambled on the constitutional issue during a podcast interview this month.
Speaking with comedian Andrew Schulz on his Flagrant show, Trump discussed his Scottish mother and the Braveheart film.
He then referred to the 2014 referendum: “You know, they tried to break up Scotland from the rest of the empire, so to speak. And it made it by about like a half a point. They kept it together. So I hope it stays together. I hope it always stays together.”
Trump has extensive business interests in Scotland through his two golf courses. But he fell out with former First Minister Alex Salmond before he entered politics over the prospect of offshore wind farms near one of the courses in Aberdeenshire.
Trump is in a tight race with Vice-President Kamala Harris for the presidency. Polls show the pair are almost even in the seven battleground states that will determine the result.
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