President Donald Trump says he spoke to Cambodia and Thai leaders on the second day of his golf trip in Scotland to end the border battles.
“I’ve only spoken with the Cambodian Prime Minister compared to stopping the war with Thailand,” Trump told a post on Truth Social Networks on Saturday. “I just spoke with the Thai representative prime minister and it was a very good conversation,” Trump, who played at Turnberry Resort with his son Eric and U.S. Ambassador for Britain’s Warren Stevens, said in a new post.
On Saturday, the death toll on both sides was 32 years old, with over 130 people injured. Trump’s announcement comes as the current third day’s clash continued in the country’s coastal region that meets in the Gulf of Thailand, about 250 kilometers (160 miles) southwest of the main frontline.
Tensions erupted at the location of a long-standing ancient temple before fighting along the country’s rural border area, characterized by a hill ridge surrounded by wild jungles and farmland where locals farm rubber and rice.
The decades-old conflict between Thailand and Cambodia centers around a disputed section of their shared border and resumed on Thursday after landmine explosions along the border wounded five Thai soldiers.
“Thailand wants to have an immediate ceasefire and peace, just like Cambodia,” Trump said on Saturday.
“I am now trying to pass that message on to the Cambodian Prime Minister. After talking to both parties, ceasefire, peace and prosperity seem natural. I’ll see it soon!”
Trump also indicated that he would not advance trade deals with either country until combat ceases.
“He has Scottish roots, but he’s dishonored.”
Trump’s visit to Scotland, welcomed by his late mother, met protests somewhere around the golf course where he plays and around the UK.
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered in front of the US consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday. Speakers told the crowd that Trump was not welcome and criticised British Prime Minister Kiel Starmer for attacking recent trade contracts for slugging US tariffs on goods imported from the UK.
“The majority of Scotland have this feeling about Trump, despite having Scottish roots,” said Mark Gorman, who works for the ad.
Also, environmental activists and stubborn supporters of Israeli war in Gaza were supported by the Trump administration, which led to protests in other cities, roughly shaping Crane-affiliated groups that “stop the Trump coalition.”
“There are so many countries that feel the pressure of Trump, and they feel they have to accept him, and I don’t think they should accept him here.”
“I don’t think I’ll just stand up and do nothing,” said Amy White, 15, of Edinburgh, who was present with her parents. She had a cardboard sign saying, “We won’t negotiate with fascists.”
Other protesters held the picture signs of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein as a feeding frenzy in the US media, and his backlash from Magazine Base made the president irritated the case file.
In Aberdeen’s Saturday protest, Scottish Parliament Maggie Chapman told a crowd of hundreds.
While golf is the main purpose of his travels, Trump is also planning to speak trade with President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Reyen.
The Trump family will also visit another course on a course near Aberdeen in northeastern Scotland before returning to Washington on Tuesday.
