SNP leader and First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon | Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Nicola Sturgeon to Americans: Don’t vote for Donald Trump ‘I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him,’ she said.

LONDON -- Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon urged Americans to vote for Hillary Clinton, saying she had been "horrified" by Donald Trump's remarks throughout the presidential campaign.

Trump, whose mother was Scottish and who owns golf courses in Scotland, has talked proudly of his links to the country -- yet the feeling is not reciprocated by Scotland's political leadership.

"Would I be proud if Donald Trump became president? No. No," Sturgeon told ITV's Peston on Sunday.

"I hope Donald Trump doesn't become president of the United States and I expect the people of the United States will have the good sense not to elect him," Scotland's first minister said.

It is unusual for a British political leader to express a preference for a candidate in the U.S. presidential election, but, Sturgeon said, "I'm not sure this is normal circumstances."

"This is America's election, it's up to the people of America to choose, but it has implications for the rest of the world," Sturgeon said.

She added it would "make me proud" for the U.S. to elect Clinton as its first woman president.

"I've been horrified, as many people have been horrified at many of the things Donald Trump is saying in this campaign, many of the things that has been revealed he's said previously," she added.