‘Trump’ the ultimate insult

You are just like Donald Trump! No, you’re the new Trump, I think you’ll find! The high-profile golf course owner has become the ultimate insult in Scottish politics.

The latest bout of what could be called ‘Trump slinging' came from the First Minister’s official spokesperson, who appeared riled by opposition suggestions that his boss had been acting a bit like the former US President.

“The only people behaving like Donald Trump are the unionist politicians who are trying to pretend they won an election they lost. There is a clear denial of democracy at play,” the spokesperson said. “They are throwing around the

Trump jibes, I’m merely saying that the only people behaving like Donald Trump are people who try and deny the reality of election results.”

However, while we should guard against Trumpishness (Trumpetry? Trumposity?), it’s worth noting that, so far, no Scottish politician has come close.

After all, Trump is a politician who incited an armed mob to attack the US Capitol and congratulated Vladimir Putin on his re-election as Russian president in 2018 – despite the Salisbury poisonings by Russian agents just days earlier.

So the Scottish Lib Dems’ suggestion that the First Minister’s spokesperson “needs a camomile tea and a lie down” sounds about right.