Nicola Sturgeon has waded in against Trump (Image: GETTY)
hit out at the “bully boy” tactics used by .
The former Scottish first minister, a long-time critic of the US President, made the comments in a speech at a conference in Edinburgh today.
She spoke of the “bully boy” tactics being used by political leaders around the world.
The ex- leader added: “If good people with the right reasons for wanting to lead, look at the world we live in today and say: ‘Leadership’s a bit too tough, the environment is too toxic’ and decide to hold back or depart the scene, basically, it’s all the bad people that end up leading in every walk of life.
“A lot of what Trump is doing in America right now is to … silence people, to make people cower, to frighten people off.”
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She said “the future is not good” if that is allowed to happen and that “good people need to come forward”.
Ms Sturgeon added that Mr Trump’s second term in office makes her look back on former president George W Bush more fondly.
Speaking at the Scottish Housing Festival about leadership, she said: “We all lived through George W Bush and the Iraq War.
“I’m not trying to be political here, but most people would have thought George W Bush wasn’t the best person that had ever occupied the White House at the time.
“But now that we’ve had the experience of Trump, you actually look back at George W. Bush and think: ‘Oh, wasn’t he good? I wish he’d come back.”‘
Her comments come amid growing tensions between the US and Europe over .
Mr Trump yesterday announced a freeze on US aid for as part of his push for a peace deal with .