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Look here, Mr Trump is quite rich, he claims to have had a Scottish mother and he is something of a celebrity. The First Minister was only trying to be nice to him. There is really no need for this kind of carping criticism as reported in The Herald:

"Murdo Fraser, deputy leader of the Scottish Tories, said: "While I'd want to encourage foreign investment in Scotland, it is distasteful to see a first minister fawning over a rich individual in this fashion. What does this say about the remaining Globalscot members? We have some extremely high quality people involved in the network who have effectively been relegated to the position of second-class citizens."
Alex Neil, for the SNP, said Mr McConnell's relationship with Mr Trump had "gone over the top". He added: "It must also raise serious questions about Jack's impartiality on dealing with Trump's golf course proposals."
Patrick Harvie, the Green MSP for Glasgow, who has questioned Mr McConnell's impartiality about Mr Trump's plans, added: "It's beginning to look embarrassing that the leader of the government is behaving like a teenager with a crush."

These opposition politicians are just jealous of Mr McConnell's special relationship with the Donald.