Trump hail Brexit

Donald Trump hailed Britain's vote to leave the
EU as "fantastic" shortly after arriving in
Scotland on Friday for his first international trip

since becoming the presumptive Republican
presidential nominee.
"I think it's a great thing. I think it's a fantastic
thing," he told reporters.
Ahead of his visit, Trump had told Fox News that
he felt Britain should "go it alone" and leave the
28-member EU in a move that could shape the
continent.
Trump swooped down by helicopter into his
Trump Turnberry golf course, where a large
Scottish flag flew in front of the picturesque
seafront, as protesters gathered nearby.
The visit is brief, long enough to cut the ribbon
on a refurbishment of his golf course, returning
to the US presidential campaign by Saturday.
The New York celebrity tycoon has caused alarm
in Europe with his abrasive style and pledges to
deport millions of undocumented immigrants and
build a wall on the border with Mexico.
His proposal to ban Muslims from entering the
United States drew the ire of Britain's Prime
Minister David Cameron, who called the idea
"stupid, divisive and wrong".
His main rival for the presidential vote in
November, Hillary Clinton, seized the moment to
post a video compilation of criticism from
Cameron and others.
"People in Scotland are not thrilled about Trump
coming to their country," Clinton posted on
Twitter. "We know the feeling."
- 'Not welcome' -
Two groups, Scotland Against Trump and Stand
Up To Racism Scotland bussed protesters to the
golf resort to picket the property mogul.
"Scotland is a progressive, tolerant and
multicultural country and we oppose the bigotry
that Donald Trump represents," Keir McKechnie
of Stand Up To Racism Scotland told AFP.
"We want to tell the world that he's not welcome
here."
Jonathon Shafi of Scotland Against Trump said
he wanted the gathering to demonstrate unity
with protesters in the United States that have
disrupted Trump rallies.
"We want to send a message of solidarity to
movements like Black Lives Matter that we are
united in opposition," Shafi told AFP.
On Saturday, Trump is expected to travel to the
Trump International Golf Links, his course in the
eastern coastal village of Balmedie, a resort that
has been controversial with locals.
Some irate neighbours living next to the course
have raised Mexican flags in symbolic opposition
to Trump.
The trip is in a starkly different atmosphere than
a visit to Germany by Barack Obama in 2008,
when the US president was the presumptive
Democratic nominee.
Obama addressed a crowd of tens of thousands
about his hopes of closer links to a unified
Europe.
Trump has criticised the continent's leaders as
"weak", and accused them of inadequate
measures to combat terrorism after attacks in
Brussels this year.