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Trends on Google showed a massive surge in searches from the US querying how to move away from the country. It said that around 76% of the searches were made in the US itself.
State and federal prosecutors wanted to take their cases against Donald Trump before the election day but his legal team deployed a series of delayed tactics. (Getty Images)
In interesting turns of events, search engine Google has seen a huge spike in web searches regarding moving and relocating to Scotland, and Scottish citizenship from the United States, following Donald Trump’s mega victory in the Presidential elections.
According to a report by The National, trends on Google showed a massive surge in searches from the US querying how to move away from the country. It said that around 76% of the searches were made in the US itself.
The people also searched about moving to New Zealand, one of the easiest countries to move to from the US, Ireland and Canada.
As per the report, most of the searches were made from Oregon, Colorado, Washington, Tennessee and Minnesota states.
Scottish Citizenship And Abortion Rights
US people likely to be upset from the onset of Trump’s second innings as President, have also been searching about abortion and transgender/same sex rights in Scotland.
Searches asking how to apply for “Scottish citizenship”, “is abortion legal in Scotland” and “Scotland trans rights”, have also seen a tremendous surge, the report added.
Scottish Greens co-leader Patrick Harvie said that Scotland is “open and welcome to all”.
“Donald Trump is a convicted felon and political extremist who has shown a complete lack of respect for human rights, democracy or our climate. It is no surprise that people would want to get as far away as possible from his destructive rhetoric and the racist politics that he represents. We believe in a Scotland that is open and welcome to all, a country that removes barriers rather than building walls,” he told The National.
US Presidential Elections 2024
Donald Trump was elected the 47th President of the United States on Wednesday, after the Wisconsin win put him over the 270 electoral vote line needed to clinch the presidency. Trump has won key swing states of Arizona, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Georgia, Michigan and North Carolina.
Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to concede the race and to congratulate him, while Joe Biden invited the man he ousted from the White House four years ago to an Oval Office meeting to prepare to return the keys.
