The Scots are partly to blame for falling for his scam but ... it was his scam.
There are questions over the apparent lack of any due diligence assessment carried out on Donald Trump by Scottish ministers when considering his grand golf resort scheme, which could have revealed aspects of his business dealings that might have rung alarm bells.
A few weeks after Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond met Mr Trumps lawyer to discuss the proposals, news broke in the US about a former business associate of Mr Trump, Felix Sater an ex-convict who had gone to prison for stabbing a man in the face with the snapped-off stem of a cocktail glass, leaving him needing 110 stitches.
Out of prison, Mr Sater went on to take part in a $40m (£27m) stock market scam in the 1990s involving four mafia families. He gave evidence against his co-accused and pleaded guilty; in return the FBI kept his role secret.
Mr Sater then moved into property development, which is how he came into contact with Mr Trump.
Despite Mr Saters previous mafia links becoming public, Mr Trump remained involved with him in a property deal in Florida for another year.
Mr Saters LinkedIn webpage claims that he is a senior adviser to Donald Trump. The Trump Organisation says this is not true.
It was questions about Mr Sater which led to Mr Trump walking out of an interview with the BBCs Panorama team.
Shouldnt you have said: Felix Sater, youre connected with the mafia and youre fired? Mr Trump was asked.
In response, underlining that the link between himself and Mr Sater was merely a very simple licensing deal, he said: Maybe youre thick but when you have a signed contract, you cant in this country just break it
Sometimes well sign a deal and the partner isnt as good as wed like but that does happen, and by the way, I hate to do this but I do have
that big group of people waiting so I have leave
Mr Trump then walked out of the interview.
Donald Trump has great friends ... he’s just hired a guy with ties to the Russian mob.
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Hey. Whatever works, right?
At least it wasn’t fraud, suppressing democracy, or rejecting and replacing another guy’s delegates, against the popular vote represented in the people’s choice, who have already picked their nominee— TRUMP.
Try to whack another mole. This one isn’t selling, either.
I’m terribly sorry, but did you say something?