Against her expectation, at the just concluded U.S.
presidential election, in November which favoured the billionaire estate giant,
Donald J. Trump, the Scottish First Minister has offered congratulatory message
to the president-elect.
The duo had a chat regarding Scotland’s “long-standing
relationship” with the United States. Trump used the moment to trace his roots
back to the Isle of Lewis in Outer Hebrides. Though Mrs. Sturgeon had earlier
given her support to Hilary Clinton, and said it was "not the outcome I
had hoped for".
The phone on Friday was seen by the Scottish Government as a
"brief introductory conversation".
"The First Minister offered her congratulations and,
reflecting on the letter she sent him following the election, expressed her
belief in the values Scotland and the United States share," it said in a
statement.
"The First Minister and the President Elect also
discussed the longstanding relationship between Scotland and the United
States."
Sturgeon also expressed her hope that he would promote the
"fundamental values of equality, tolerance, diversity and human rights for
all".
The billionaire property tycoon's mother, Mary Anne Trump,
nee MacLeod, lived in the small Gaelic-speaking village of Tong before leaving
for the United States in 1930, aged 18.
There, she married Fred Trump, the son of German immigrants,
and Donald is one of their five children.
Mr Trump owns the Trump International golf course in
Aberdeenshire and Turnberry in South Ayrshire.
Nevertheless, his relationship with Scotland has been
troubled in recent years.
In 2015, he lost a bid to stop the building of wind turbines
of the coast near his Aberdeenshire golf course. His membership of the
GlobalScot business network was also pulled after he called for a ban on Muslim
entering the US.
Mr Trump called Prime Minister Theresa May last month,
shortly after his win, and it was reported he could be welcomed to the UK with
an official state visit.
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