Trump’s son says Swinney was ‘nasty’ for supporting Kamala Harris in US election

It was “nasty” for Scotland’s First Minister to endorse Donald Trump’s rival successful the US statesmanlike election, the president-elect’s lad has said.

Eric Trump told the PA quality bureau that his father, Donald Trump, “is not going to suffer immoderate slumber over” John Swinney’s remarks – and said “I’m not definite it bothers him 1 bit”.

He besides confirmed President-elect Trump volition sojourn Scotland successful the adjacent twelvemonth for the opening of a caller play people successful Aberdeenshire.

Eric 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, Eric 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.”

Eric Trump said the involution was “a shame” and did not assistance either the US oregon Scotland.

He added: “And now, each of a sudden, you person 2 countries that could person the top governmental relationship.

“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.”

I've ever wanted a bully narration with the Scottish Government. I'm a feline who's travel implicit to Scotland 20 times a twelvemonth and invested hundreds of millions dollars successful a country

Eric Trump

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.

Eric Trump said helium inactive wanted to enactment with the Scottish Government, contempt the comments.

He said: “I’ve ever wanted a bully narration with the Scottish Government.

“I’m a feline who’s travel implicit to Scotland 20 times a twelvemonth and invested hundreds of millions dollars successful a country.

“I’m a feline who saved, on with my father, immoderate of the biggest iconic assets to Scotland – Turnberry – which was wholly being tally into the ground, and possibly the astir iconic of the railroad hotels.”

Eric Trump said helium had meticulously designed the refurbishment of the resort, including investing hundreds of millions of dollars into it, adding: “And I’ve ne'er truly gotten truthful overmuch arsenic a convey you.”

Asked if Scotland was a bully spot to bash concern in, helium said: “Truthfully, not really, and I hatred to accidental that due to the fact that I emotion Scotland much than anybody.

“I deliberation the Government is doing everything they tin to marque it hard to put successful Scotland, and that pains maine to say, and I privation I could virtually person this speech with the powers that be, but implicit 10 years they person enactment america done hell.

“And possibly it’s due to the fact that of our stubbornness oregon resilience, oregon thing on those lines, that we conscionable kept coming back.”

He said what the Trump Organisation had to woody with would person “driven an mean institution retired 100 times over”.

He continued: “Any institution who truly cares astir maximising nett and wanting to get things done, it’s precise hard, [it’s] precise agelong to get permits, determination are a batch of regulations, a batch of reddish tape, insane taxation, authorities leaders who conscionable instrumentality cookware shots astatine you for nary crushed whatsoever portion you’re trying to employment thousands of radical who beryllium connected you to enactment nutrient connected the array to provender their families.

“I’ve seen it all. I’ve truly seen it all, and it’s disappointing.”