United States President Donald Trump says he has spoken with the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand in a bid to end their border fighting, on the second day of his golfing trip in Scotland, where he owns and is promoting two courses.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust spoke to the Prime Minister of Cambodia relative to stopping the War with Thailand,\u201d said Trump in a post on his Truth Social network on Saturday. Trump, who was playing at his Turnberry resort with son Eric and US ambassador to the UK Warren Stephens, said soon after in a new post, \u201cI have just spoken to the Acting Prime Minister of Thailand, and it was a very good conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the death toll on both sides stood at 32<\/a>, with more than 130 injured. Trump\u2019s announcement came as clashes, now in their third day, continued in the countries\u2019 coastal regions where they meet on the Gulf of Thailand, about 250 kilometres (160 miles) southwest of the main front lines.<\/p>\n Tensions flared over long-contested ancient temple sites before fighting spread along the countries\u2019 rural border region, marked by a ridge of hills surrounded by wild jungle and agricultural land where locals farm rubber and rice.<\/p>\n The decades-old conflict between Thailand and Cambodia, centred around a contested section of their shared border, re-erupted on Thursday<\/a> after a landmine explosion along the border wounded five Thai soldiers.<\/p>\n \u201cThailand, like Cambodia, wants to have an immediate Ceasefire, and PEACE,\u201d said Trump on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cI am now going to relay that message back to the Prime Minister of Cambodia. After speaking to both Parties, Ceasefire, Peace, and Prosperity seems to be a natural. We will soon see!\u201d<\/p>\n Trump also indicated he would not move forward on trade deals with either nation until fighting has stopped.<\/p>\n \u2018Even though he has Scottish roots, he\u2019s a disgrace\u2019<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s visit to Scotland, where his late mother hailed from, has met protests, both at the golf course where he is playing and elsewhere around the UK.<\/p>\n Hundreds of demonstrators gathered on Saturday in front of the US Consulate in the capital Edinburgh. Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a recent trade deal<\/a> to avoid stiff US tariffs on goods imported from the UK.<\/p>\n \u201cThe vast majority of Scots have this sort of feeling about Trump that, even though he has Scottish roots, he\u2019s a disgrace,\u201d said Mark Gorman, 63. Gorman, who works in advertising, said he came out \u201cbecause I have deep disdain for Donald Trump and everything that he stands for.\u201d<\/p>\n Protests also took place in other cities as environmental activists, opponents of Israel\u2019s war on Gaza, staunchly supported by the Trump administration,\u00a0 and pro-Ukraine groups loosely formed a \u201cStop Trump Coalition\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cI think there are far too many countries that are feeling the pressure of Trump and that they feel that they have to accept him and we should not accept him here,\u201d said June Osbourne, 52, a photographer and photo historian.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think I could just stand by and not do anything,\u201d said Amy White, 15, of Edinburgh, who attended with her parents. She held a cardboard sign that said \u201cWe don\u2019t negotiate with fascists.\u201d<\/p>\n