[WASHINGTONPOST] An unrepentant Donald Trump responded Thursday to the backlash in the U.K. over his controversial statements on Muslims by saying that British politicians should be grateful that he has stated "what needed to be said.""Hoot, mon!"
Writing in the Press and Journal, one of Scotland's oldest newspapers, the leading U.S. Republican presidential candidate accused them of pandering to political correctness when instead they "should be thanking me."
Trump has faced widespread outrage in the U.K. -- and indeed around the world -- over his calls for a complete ban on Muslims entering the United States. But while Trump has only doubled down since first making his incendiary remarks, he did appear to be put off by the reaction from Scotland.
On Wednesday, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon dropped him as a business ambassador, revoking his membership in the GlobalScot business network. The Robert Gordon University (RGU) in Aberdeen also stripped the billionaire developer of his honorary degree for statements it said were "wholly incompatible" with the values of the university.
"If they -- Nicola Sturgeon and RGU -- were going to do this, they should have informed me prior to my major investment in this £200million development, which will totally revitalise that vast region of Scotland," Trump wrote in the Press and Journal.