{"id":369397,"date":"2018-07-14T18:31:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-14T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/social-media-reacts-to-trump-waving-to-protesters-during-game-of-golf-rt-uk-news\/"},"modified":"2018-07-14T18:31:06","modified_gmt":"2018-07-14T17:31:06","slug":"social-media-reacts-to-trump-waving-to-protesters-during-game-of-golf-rt-uk-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/social-media-reacts-to-trump-waving-to-protesters-during-game-of-golf-rt-uk-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Social media reacts to Trump waving to protesters during game of golf \u2014 RT UK News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2018.07\/thumbnail\/5b4a23c3fc7e9330298b45c2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>        After grueling days of berating NATO allies over defense funding and being met with protests against his UK visit, Donald Trump took to his Scottish bolthole for a round of golf before his summit with Vladimir Putin in Finland.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The president\u2019s plans for a hassle free weekend ahead of the Helsinki showdown on Monday soon fell through shortly on arrival to his Turnberry golf resort, when an activist from Greenpeace paraglided overhead with a sign bearing the slogan: <em>\u201cTrump: Well Below Par.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Out on the links on Saturday, hopes of a quiet 18 were dashed as he was greeted with shouts of <em>\u201cNo Trump, no KKK, no racist USA,\u201d<\/em> from protesters waiting in the rough to let their voices be heard.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the haranguing shows Trump flanked by security and more golf buggies than you\u2019ve ever seen on a course at one time, where the president waved to the protestors before sticking his head down to take his shot.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters continued their chants during the president\u2019s swing, jeering as he waved one final time before making a speedy getaway down the course in his buggy.<\/p>\n<p>Since footage of the protest and wave surfaced, social media has been in full swing with many praising the Scots for letting their displeasure with Trump be known. While other questioned who his golfing partners were.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Love you, Scotland! &#x1f3f4;&#xe0067;&#xe0062;&#xe0073;&#xe0063;&#xe0074;&#xe007f;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Powerful Mel Ankoly &#x1f988; (@Mel_Ankoly) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mel_Ankoly\/status\/1018120988481896448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">DEAD!!! &#x1f602;&#x1f923;&#x1f923;&#x1f602; Thank you Scotland&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc;&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc;&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc;&#x1f64f;&#x1f3fc; Your signs are awesome! Over comb&#x1f923;&#x1f923;&#x1f923;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 B. Phoenix Adler (@BTooMarvelous) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BTooMarvelous\/status\/1018132015575633920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good for them- and that doesn\u2019t look like a golf game, it looks like a circus.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ms. T (@tenfortea) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tenfortea\/status\/1018144935458037761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some wanted to express sympathy with Trump\u2019s attempt at a easy game, while others took swipes at the Scots\u2019 penance for fine whisky.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That poor man .I pray for him daily<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 michelle thompson (@shelley3950) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/shelley3950\/status\/1018142343025659904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WHY are you and the leftist BBC giving these ignorant tossers so much air-time?<br \/>Did you even KNOW that there was a PRO Donald Trump march from the US Embassy today? Not one peep from you agitators.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike. &#x1f5fd;&#x1f531;&#x1f1ec;&#x1f1e7; (@mikesey1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikesey1\/status\/1018159783541641216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Like this story? Share it with a friend!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/uk\/433106-scotland-trump-golf-protest\/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=RSS\">RT<\/a>. This piece was reprinted by <a href=\"http:\/\/rinf.com\">RINF Alternative News<\/a> with permission or license.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After grueling days of berating NATO allies over defense funding and being met with protests against his UK visit, Donald Trump took to his Scottish bolthole for a round of golf before his summit with Vladimir Putin in Finland. 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