Scottish Menie Liberation Front targets Donald Trump

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By April MacIntyre Sep 24, 2009, 16:00 GMT

Not everyone in Scotland is happy about American real estate mogul Donald Trump's arrival. The protesters are at odds with Trump's planned £1bn golf resort plans in Aberdeenshire and have acted out with what Trump's camp calls

The protesters are at odds with Trump's planned £1bn golf resort plans in Aberdeenshire and have acted out with what Trump's camp calls "a stunt." EPA/DEREK IRONSIDE An anti-Trump organization has erected posters of Trump's face on statues in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling, according to the BBC.The protesters are at odds with Trump's planned £1bn golf resort plans in Aberdeenshire and have acted out with what Trump's camp calls "a stunt."The Menie Liberation Front group have decorated approximately 20 statues in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Stirling with Trump's likeness.Trump has heavily promoted the "world's greatest" golf resort currently being developed at Menie.A spokesman for the protest group told the BBC: "We are dressing up famous Scottish statues as the American tycoon to symbolise the way Trump thinks he can walk over Scotland..This development has gone too far. Throwing families from their homes for a private development is outrageous."Sarah Malone, executive vice president of Trump International Golf Links Scotland, told the BBC: "This publicity stunt is perpetrated by a handful of individuals, and can only serve to tarnish our regional and national profile."Gimmicks such as this illustrate the lack of credibility of those involved and do a great disservice to local people."We are dealing with serious issues that need to be handled in a responsible and mature manner."

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