It's easy to look the details up so I won't repeat it again here but well before Donald Trump's bid for presidency, he was upsetting people here in the north east of Scotland with his broken promises on jobs and conservation, appalling treatment of neighbours and general high handedness around his new golf course at Menie. He's not just the POTUS, he's a businessman who has not relinquished command and control of his assets by putting them in a trust for the duration of his presidency (as was expected of every other president in the history of the U.S.). We, here, will still have to put up with him long after his tenure ends and any kind of honour bestowed now is a slap in the face to us, which would have been much easier to bear if he had morphed into a tweetless, more statesmanlike world leader whose word can be trusted and office is respected ... even by those who don't like him personally.
He can't even get it right about who made the decision to move the embassy and he's already indicated he won't come for a state visit if people are going to protest.
We are only kow towing to this man because we think we will get a deal from the U.S. and we are in a mess about Brexit. We need to get real.
Scotland sacked him as a global ambassador. Diplomacy demands that while he is POTUS he would still have to be made welcome in that office.
I like the silent back-turning idea. I like the thought of it being shown around the world as a sign that we ordinary people are not scared of how big his button is or of how much money he and his children have inherited.
I, too, feel sorry for the Queen and hope that Mrs May feels just the tiniest bit apologetic for her rush to sook up.
than Trump.