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The Scottish Greens have pledged to launch an inquiry into the funding of Donald Trump’s golf courses in Scotland, should they secure victory in next week’s election.
The party, long-standing critics of the US president, previously advocated for an unexplained wealth order to scrutinise how he acquired the facilities in South Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire.
The party’s external affairs spokesman and former co-leader Patrick Harvie said the billionaire “should never have been allowed to treat Scotland as his personal playground”.
He said: “He is a convicted fraudster, a racist and a war criminal whose politics have brought fear, violence and instability across the world.
“The evidence suggests that he has been ripping Scotland off along the way.
“Yet the Scottish and UK governments have fawned over him because he is rich, powerful and owns a couple of golf courses. That has to end.
“Nobody should be above the law, especially not the likes of Donald Trump.
“The Scottish Government should be using every power it has to get to the bottom of it, including an unexplained wealth order.
“This would force Trump to reveal where the money he used to purchase assets in Scotland came from, but the Scottish Government has continued to ignore these calls, shielding Trump from any form of scrutiny.
“That is why Scottish Greens would reopen the case and use an unexplained wealth order to force the transparency that Trump has avoided for far too long.”
Zack Polanski (PA)
His comments come after the Green Party’s leader in England and Wales, Zack Polanski, suggested Mr Trump’s golf courses should be stripped from him using international sanctions, describing the president as “unhinged” during a press conference in Glasgow.
Trump International Scotland has been contacted for comment.