Trump's coming to town! US President-elect to visit Scotland next year to open golf course

US President Elect Donald Trump volition sojourn Scotland adjacent twelvemonth for the archetypal clip arsenic president since 2018 to unfastened his caller play people successful Aberdeenshire, his lad has confirmed. 

Construction of the 18-hole MacLeod Course at the Trump International edifice successful Menie began past twelvemonth and is expected to unfastened for bully adjacent summer. 

The past clip Trump visited the state portion serving arsenic US president determination were thousands protesting and adjacent a paraglider stunt which saw an activistic alert an anti-Trump banner implicit the course. 

The Menie edifice has proved arguable successful the past with the dunes that flank the people having mislaid their presumption arsenic a 'nationally-important protected environment' nether his stewardship. 

Trump International has claimed the caller people volition diagnostic the 'largest soil dunes successful Scotland' and signifier 'the top 36 holes successful golf' alongside the archetypal people astatine the resort. 

They person besides pushed backmost against greenwashing allegations, claiming that the people is 'one of the astir environmentally affable and sustainable' ever built. 

Eric Trump, who was visiting his family's 2 play courses successful Scotland, confirmed his begetter volition wage a sojourn to Aberdeenshire for the opening of a caller play people successful 2025.

He besides said his begetter 'is not going to suffer immoderate slumber over' John Swinney's endorsement of his rival Kamala Harris anterior to the US election, adding: 'I'm not definite it bothers him 1 bit.'

Mr Trump said the Scottish Government had made it 'virtually impossible' to bash concern successful the country.

He suggested that it was lone his family's 'love' for the state that kept them investing.

Speaking astatine the Trump International Golf Links successful Balmedie, Mr Trump criticised Mr Swinney for intervening successful the US election.

Asked astir his endorsement of Mr Trump's Democratic rival, helium said: 'It's surely thing I was alert astir but it surely wasn't truly thing I cared excessively overmuch astir to archer you the truth.

'I mean, evidently [Swinney] work the somesthesia precise wrong. He got it wrong. He got it precise incorrect due to the fact that my begetter won decisively.

'And so, you know, endorsing a idiosyncratic 3 days earlier an predetermination successful a antithetic country, and missing the people by arsenic overmuch arsenic it was missed by, you know, helium work the beverage leaves incorrectly.'

He added: 'Again, my begetter adores Scotland, and you person a First Minister coming retired and conscionable being reasonably nasty successful the days starring up.

'I mean, who did that benefit? Did that payment Scotland?

'You know, you conscionable asked astir tariffs? Does that payment that? If helium ever needs to telephone my begetter and inquire astir tariffs oregon negociate a base, does that payment Scotland?'

Speaking to reporters astatine the Scottish Parliament conscionable earlier the election, Mr Swinney said: 'People successful the United States of America should ballot for Kamala Harris.

'And I've not travel to that decision lone due to the fact that Donald Trump is opposed to Scottish independence.'

Following Mr Trump's victory, Mr Swinney sent a missive to him saying that helium wanted some countries to person a bully narration and wished the president-elect well.