‘America’s Gone Mad!’: Shocked Residents Near Donald Trump’s Scotland Golf Course Question U.S. Decision to Re-Elect Convicted Felon Known for Divisive Rhetoric

Several residents in a Scotland village near a world-renowned golf course owned by Donald Trump expressed shock and unease at the Republican candidate’s re-election. Locals in Ayshire near Trump Turnberry Golf Course told The Guardian that they were astonished that millions of Americans voted to return Trump to the Oval Office even after he was convicted of felony crimes and indicted for state and federal election interference offenses. Donald Trump. (Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images) “I think America’s gone mad. How can you elect a criminal as president? I don’t get it,” resident Alan Ringrose said. “Perhaps people were afraid to elect a Black woman?” Ringrose said that the Turnberry course nestled near Ayshire has helped the area economically, but expressed doubt about Trump as a politician: “He has done a lot for the area, but as a politician …” Another person listed off several reasons why she thought the American people who supported Trump would cast their votes differently in this round of national elections. “It’s a total disaster: he’s a fascist, he’s against women, he’s homophobic, he’s racist. It is a shock because I thought people would have come to their senses and realised what kind of man he...