Donald Trump, published on Thursday with the United Kingdom, is proud of his roots on the island of Scotland, where his mother grew up, but its inhabitants are less fascinated by his famous son.
Contrary to the Glitz and glamor of Trump's trademark, his ancestors' home in the northwestern part of Scotland is quite modest on Lewis Island.
About 200 meters (220 yards), the house is built of light gray plaster, which has a slate roof, with the Lewis karm and harsh landscape, sculpted by the Atlantic Ocean winds.
Donald Trump's mother Mary Anne Macleod was born on the island in 1912 and lived in a small Tong village up to 18 years.
His son briefly visited a photo and meet some cousins in 2008, but it is difficult to imagine that the place differs from his luxurious Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida or Trump Tower in New York.
Trump can bring his Scottish roots less frequently than his predecessor Joe Biden mentioned his Irish background, but he always talks about his beloved mother and the United Kingdom.
He has two golf courses in Scotland and is expected to open a third soon.
In 2018, British Prime Minister Theresa May gave him the pedigree of Scotland's ancestors.
“It's nice to be home, it was my mother's home,” he announced for a visit to the Golf Courts of 2023 in the Northeast of the Northeast of Scotland.
But Lewis, where locals are generally hospitable and talkative, just mentioning the name of Donald Trump to establish a curtain for silence is enough: it seems that no one wants to talk about him.
“Shame on You”
“Have you seen a bar ad? Most people think about him, but they don't want to talk about something controversial,” explained Tong's resident, who refused to name him.
The bar advertisement hangs in front of a store in the port of Stornoway, the largest city in the island, and reads with bold black stars: “Shame on you, Donald John! #Democracy”.
The owner of the store, Sarah Venus, who was born in the United States but later moved to Lewis, said he had received “overwhelming support” from local and US tourists.
He explained that passers -by knowing exactly who is aimed at being aimed, even if Donald John is a very common handle on the island with less than 20,000 people.
Her mother's maiden name Macleod is also the most common surname in Lewis.
Venus criticized the President for anti -immigration policy, though “his mother was a migrant”.
You need to meet Bill Lawson about Mary Anne Macleod for more information. He is a minor on the island due to his laborious work for decades, collecting family trees.
Macleod had several brothers and sisters, “probably eight,” said 87-year-old Lawson, adding that he was one of the oldest sisters.
His father – Donald Trump's grandfather – was a fisherman and a farmer.
“At that time, you live what was available, so you live a small land by itself. If the weather was appropriate if you had a decent boat, you did fishing,” Lawson explained.
But in the early 1920s, there was a huge emigration of Lewis because its resources could no longer maintain its growing population.
“It was big enough for shipping lines to send ships to Stornoway. They all came to Stornoway and filled with emigrants,” said mostly to Canada and the eastern US, the amateuristics said.
Mary Anne Macleod left the port of Stornoway in 1930 to join her sister in New York.
It was there that he met real estate developer Fred Trump, with whom he married in 1936, motivating him to up the social ladder.
The inhabitants of Lewis are more likely to talk about Mary Anne Macleod as her son, saying that she returned to the island regularly until her death in 2000.
One of his daughters, the sister of the President, “was quite a lot here. They did a lot of good work,” donating $ 200,000 ($ 265,000) to build a nursing home, Lawson said.
But Donald Trump is “stranger here,” he added.
This story was originally reflected on Fortune.com
