Trump takes a break from world affairs Scottish golf course

Donald Trump later flew to Scotland to visit two golf resorts he owned in the country where his mother was born.

He will head to Turnberry in South Ayrshire, a world-class venue he purchased in 2014 and has a new 18-hole course in Menie in Aberdeenshire.

The White House said Trump will also meet with Prime Minister Sir Kyle Steamer to discuss his trade while in the UK.

The trip was excellent because the U.S. presidents rarely publicly promote their personal interests during their tenure.

Not the first time Trump accused of confusing his affairs With the country.

Even so, Trump’s decision to focus on golf has attracted attention with the flames of Gaza and Ukraine, the dollar on the slide, and questions about his connection to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

When I met him on the campaign in 2015, I witnessed Trump’s unconventional attitude at the beginning of his political career. Republicans are looking for a candidate to win the presidency after two terms with Barack Obama.

Trump strode into a room full of cameras on the debate stage at a glittering Las Vegas hotel.

While competing for position, I asked the man with a long red tie several questions and after boasting about his status as a leader in the game, he told me he had a message about the UK.

I think this will be news. Maybe something about immigration, Trump’s signature campaign theme?

no. Instead, Trump wants BBC viewers to know that he has some beautiful golf courses on the Scottish coast.

This answer shocked me because of a man who longed to be the leader of the free world.

Of course, Trump does have a real connection to Scotland.

His Gaelic-speaking mother, Mary Anne MacLeod,born in 1912 on Lewis Island in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, went to New York during the Great Depression to marry real estate developer Fred Trump in New York.

Their son returns to Scotland for four days this summer, and the president and first lady Melania Trump will be hosted by King Charles at Windsor Castle in Berkshire before his official state visit in September.

Trump has no plans to meet the king on this visit, but it is not entirely private as he will meet with Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, and the Prime Minister.

Business leaders, including Scotch whisky producers, urged Starmer and Swinney to lobby with Trump to reduce U.S. import duties, called tariffs.

A huge security operation has been expanded in recent days, and the operation has been going on for weeks.

Giant transport aircraft carrying military hardware, including the president’s helicopter, was found on the Call Marines’ ships at Aberdeen and Preswick Airports.

Roads and driveways in Aberdeenshire and Ayrshire have been fixed and closed.

Airspace restrictions have been issued.

Police reinforcements were heading northward, crossing the England-Scottland border.

It is rare to sit in the US president’s visit to Scotland.

Queen Elizabeth held Dwight de Eisenhower in Balmoral, Aberdeenshire in 1957. George W Bush went to Gleneagles in Perthshire for the G8 summit in 2005, and Joe Biden attended the climate conference in Glasgow in 2021.

this Only other service presidents in this century can Trump himself be in 2018 When he was met by protesters, including a flying Paraglider crossing the corner, violating the air removal area around the resort.

Even by Donald Trump’s standards, the years since then have been crazy.

When he lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden, a mob of Trump supporters responded to leaders’ false claims about election fraud by engaging in violent attacks on the U.S. Capitol.

Four years later, Trump held a stunning political comeback.

he Surviving the assassination attempt In a campaign for the White House and a man, he was accused of trying to assassinate then-Trump by aiming a rifle at his West Palm Beach golf course.

In this turmoil, security surrounding the president is closer than ever.

The U.S. Secret Service has been criticized for its failure, which has almost caused criticism of the president’s life, but remains primarily responsible for his security, but the impact of his visit on Scottish police officials and budget has attracted attention, with a former senior official estimating that police costs more than £5 million.

Apart from the pressure the police have been under to secure his resort, large anti-Trump demonstrations are expected in Aberdeen and Edinburgh.

Scottish police Stick to it with the resources it needs Process this visit.

although Polls show Trump is unpopular deep in the UKhe might actually feel sympathy in Aberdeen, the city he and many others call the “European oil capital.”

He sparked a heated debate on the nature and pace of the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy, telling BBC News last week that Aberdeen has boomed from the North Sea for decades,” he said.The windmill should be removed and the oil should be brought back.“

Environmental Movement Group boosted said Trump’s statement was that the North Sea could still provide the UK with a safe supply of energy “as opposed to reality”.

Trump’s liberal message echoes the right-wing party led by Trump fan Nigel Farage, which has made progress in the recent Scottish by-election and hopes to take a step further by winning a seat for the first time in next year’s Scottish parliamentary election.

The Scottish Parliament, known as Holyrood at the foot of the Royal Rule of Edinburgh, was known as Holyrood in most of Scotland’s interior ministries such as health, education and some taxes and welfare, while the British Parliament in London retained control of defense, foreign affairs and broader economic policies.

Trump’s support for the oil industry is well known, but his hatred of wind turbines seems to be deeper.

In 2012, he told me to build a wind farm on the shore of Menie Golf Course It will be a “terrible mistake” that will “destroy Scotland. ”

That encounter was a strange experience.

At first, Trump’s aide told us that he was so painful about the tricky questions he asked about STV News’ Rona Dougall’s squad, that he changed his mind about talking to the BBC.

Anyway, we waited for a few hours in the rain. Finally, the man himself appeared. After some verbal argument, he served us the burger for the barbecue and then backed off and agreed to the interview.

Later, the Edinburgh Scottish Parliamentary Committee requested evidence to support his claim that Scottish tourism industry would be destroyed by wind turbines. Trump famously replied: “I am the evidence.”

Anyway, the wind farm was built and can now be clearly seen from the course.

This is not the only battle Trump has fought against the backdrop of shifting the dunes and whispering Menie He has clashed with local residents, politicians and environmentalists on many occasions For a variety of reasons.

His other course at Turnberry has not been controversial in itself, but it is the stage for arguing with golfers as Trump appears to be angry at the rejection of the game’s governing body R&A, named the prestigious open champion there, and citing logical challenges.

Turnberry is home to three golf courses, said to be The most expensive game in Britainheld there four times publicly Since Trump bought it in 2014.

This is another obvious example of the fact that after a decade of essentially hostile takeover of the Republican Party, the man who is both the 45th and 47th president of the United States has not been completely switched to political business.

He is the most powerful man in the Western world, but Donald Trump is still keen on being rejected, still eager for status, and still angry at him for at least one golf deal that has not ended so far.