Donald Trump is unlikely to be restored to his status as a business ambassador for Scotland, despite winning the US Presidential election.
In December, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon had stripped the then Republican candidate of his GlobalScot position.
Mr Trump, who had courted controversy by calling for a ban on Muslims entering the US, was appointed to the ambassadorial role in 2006.
A Scottish government spokeswoman at the time said Mr Trump’s “remarks have shown he is no longer fit to be a business ambassador for Scotland”.
His membership of the network was withdrawn with immediate effect, although it has been suggested his membership was already “inactive” by that point in any event.
After his election win, the Press and Journal asked the Scottish Government if they were considering restoring Mr Trump as a GlobalScot ambassador.
But a spokesman said the administration had nothing to add to an earlier statement by Ms Sturgeon, which made no reference to whether Mr Trump would be restored to his position.
The first minister’s comments did, however, make a number of veiled criticisms of the Republican’s rhetoric and conduct during the campaign.
There was widespread outrage after Mr Trump’s call for a ban on Muslim’s entering the United States, which followed a shooting in December 2015 in California linked to the so-called Islamic State group.
Another honour stripped from him over those comments – an honorary degree from Robert Gordon University – also appeared unlikely to be given back.
It was removed after an online petition was signed by more than 75,000 people.
RGU principal Ferdinand von Prondzynski said: “At the time we decided that his views do not reflect the values of RGU and we would not validate what he was saying.
“It is not a yo-yo system, we have withdrawn the honour and it is the end of the matter for us.”
A petition calling for the tycoon to be banned from entering the UK because of his comments also garnered hundreds of thousands of signatures online and was debated by MPs.
The GlobalScot body was set-up to promote Scottish business abroad.
