Donald Trump thinks he can avoid London’s protests, but Scotland will be ready for him. His bid to avoid the passionate protests against him by bypassing the capital has sparked tittering all across the UK.

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I can only deduce that, after hearing about those pesky sharia-loving liberal Londoners, the abundance of Scots offering to give Trump a “Glasgow kiss” was only too inviting for the groping-obsessed American. The naivety of the presidential office is almost endearing. After the betrayal of the Brexit vote, Londoners and Scots were instantly united once more – but this time it was down to their shared contempt for a man so repulsive even his own wife won’t hold his hand. While the London protests will heartily continue, the baton and the big-baby-Trump balloon have been firmly passed to Scotland to make sure Trump gets the welcome he deserves.

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Although Trump has often spoken fondly of Scotland, the feeling is certainly not mutual. In reality he is as popular as a can of new recipe Irn Bru. And as orange. Of course, he has some fans here, just as there are still Rangers supporters. One person who embodies the spirit of Scotland is the comedian Janey Godley.

In June 2016 she caught the bus to Turnberry golf course to welcome Trump back with a controversial sign that quickly flew around the world. It was a viral sensation that made Godley our unofficial leader against the president of the US. A lone woman surrounded by police officers in the cold Scottish weather standing up to something bigger than herself is not only a testament to the Scottish spirit, it’s inspiration for the rest of us.

This time, however, Godley will be far from alone as folk use their feet and march alongside her to let it be known loud and clear that racism and misogyny won’t be tolerated by Scots.

Trump and I are both offspring of immigrants, and while I call Scotland home, Trump’s mother does too, giving him the coveted piece of ancestry that Americans love to make a show of.

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Mary Anne MacLeod Trump was born in the Outer Hebrides before migrating to the US in 1930, where she gifted us with the petulant man baby we know and detest today.

Conspicuously, although Trump’s mother and wife are both foreign born, his contempt for migrants continues to rise. There seems to be a difference between those he finds acceptable and those he does not, but I can’t quite put my finger on it.

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Trump also owns a few properties in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire, but recently he was thwarted in his legal battle to “protect” one of his beloved golf courses from wind turbines that he deemed unsightly. Nicola Sturgeon among many celebrated the ruling, reaffirming that Scotland comes first despite Trump’s Twitter temper tantrums.

In Scotland the anti-Trump resistance is ready. The fight against a man who is morally bankrupt as his many failed businesses is on. Scots will lead with their conscience and their epic sense of humour; only an Old Firm game could get in the way of this march.

Scotland isn’t perfect by any means, but it does take its commitment to being a progressive country seriously, whether taking in refugees, tackling hate crimes or kicking terrorists in the groin. So it should be of no surprise that its citizens are eager to fight back against an office that considers human rights as inconsequential.

• Amna Saleem is a Scottish-Pakistani writer based in London