Greens blast John Swinney for congratulating Donald Trump on US election win

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The Scottish Greens have blasted John Swinney for congratulating Donald Trump on winning the US presidential election. GreenS co-leader Patrick Harvie described the president-elect as a “misogynist, a climate denier, a fraudster, a conspiracy monger, a racist and a far-right politician”.Harvie said during FMQS on Thursday: “Yesterday the First Minister offered his congratulations to the convicted felon Donald Trump on his re-election.“Writing officially, on behalf of the Scottish Government, he wrote that he is sure Scotland's cultural and social ties with the US will flourish during the presidency of a misogynist, a climate denier, a fraudster, a conspiracy monger, a racist, a far right politician who tried to overturn an election result both by covert threats and by inciting violence.

Words fail me.“What social and cultural ties does the First Minister really think will benefit from a relationship with such a man?

And what has the First Minister done so far to offer empathy and solidarity to those marginalised and vulnerable people most directly threatened by a second Trump term?”Swinney sent letters to Trump and his deputy JD Vance on Wednesday congratulating them on their victory.

He said in his letter: “The United States of America is Scotland’s most important market and source of inward investment, but it is much more than that.“Many people of Scottish descent, including yourself, have worked hard to shape the United States into a global power.