Katie Hunter
BBC Scotland reporter

Protesters set off from the Scottish Parliament just after midday. Thousands of people are weaving their way through the streets of Edinburgh to the Meadows.

There are hundreds of banners criticising both the president and his policy. There is a high police presence here but so far no sign of trouble.

Organisers want this event to end at the Meadows with a "carnival of resistance",

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Police Scotland says it's expecting 10 to 12,000 people to gather in the capital this afternoon.

The inflatable Trump baby has also made an appearance.

The Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has told Liam Fox to "grow up" over his "frankly embarrassing" remarks about anti-Trump protesters.

Speaking at the Durham Miners' Gala he said people have "every right" to protest against President Trump.

Earlier, the International Trade Secretary Liam Fox told BBC Breakfast that protesters, who have turned out in large numbers yesterday and today, "were an embarrassment to themselves".

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Mr Corbyn responded that it was "frankly embarrassing for a cabinet minister to say that. He lives in a democracy where people have a right to free speech, a right to demonstrate and a right to express themselves."

He added: "The idea that we should not say something for fear of embarrassing somebody. How ridiculous is that? I ask Liam Fox - grow up."

SNP MP Tommy Sheppard is among thousands taking part in the anti-Trump march in Edinburgh.

He thinks the president's team will take note of the demonstrations.

"I know his PR machine will digest what's happening here," he told BBC Scotland.

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"They will be counting the numbers, they will be listening to what people say, they will be examining the breadth of political opinion that there is behind this protest and I'd like to hope that they will be feeding back to him the unacceptability of many of his policies and hopefully that will lead to a change in course.

"But ultimately it's for the American people of course to change who they have to represent them and that process will start with the mid-terms very shortly."

The US president is playing golf at his Ayrshire golf course, amid tight security.

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US President Donald Trump drives a buggy to begin his game of golf at Turnberry, the resort he bought in 2014. Meanwhile, people march against his visit at an event in Edinburgh

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The Trump baby blimp has now been inflated and is set to take to the skies above Edinburgh.

A protester who used a paraglider to get close to President Trump at Turnberry put themselves in "grave danger", according to Police Scotland.

Assistant Chief Constable Mark Williams told BBC Scotland that officers were committed to tracing the person who breached the air exclusion zone around the golf course.

Earlier environmental charity Greenpeace said they had given police 10-15 minutes warning of the protest.

Mr Williams appealed for help in tracing the individual responsible.

He said: "There are armed assets protecting the president both from the US Secret Service and ourselves and the Met Police, who offer a close protection function as well, and there's no doubt anybody who breaches security around him puts themselves in grave danger.

"On this occasion we could assess the situation and we realised there was no direct threat to the president however it's absolutely something that is very serious.

"The individual did put themselves in a dangerous place and we'll be pursuing that inquiry rigorously because it's a criminal offence."

The march and protest against US President Donald Trump's visit has begun in Edinburgh. Thousands are taking part in the event in Scotland's capital while Mr Trump and his wife make a private visit to Turnberry on the west coast of the country.

Smaller protests are also taking place outside Turnberry golf resort, which Mr Trump purchased in 2014, and at the US leader's other Scottish golf complex, Menie in Aberdeenshire on the north east of the country.

Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will not meet Donald Trump while he is in Scotland. She has spoken out about some of his policies, but said she would be prepared to see him if he visited Scotland. However, no plans were made this time.

So, what will Ms Sturgeon be doing as the US president gets in a round of golf at Turnberry? Well, she will be leading a march in Glasgow - not an anti-Trump one, but the gay Pride procession from Clyde Place to Kelvingrove Park.