Donald Trump will cap his five-day go to to Scotland by formally opening his new golf course later.
The US president will lower the ribbon on a second 18-hole course at his resort in Menie, Aberdeenshire, earlier than flying again on Air Drive One.
Trump has used the tour to fulfill with Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at one other of his golf programs, Turnberry, and escape from the still-raging scandal again house surrounding the Jeffrey Epstein recordsdata.
Nevertheless it has been a go to largely constructed round golf — and strolling the brand new course earlier than it formally begins promoting rounds to the general public on August 13, including to a prolonged listing of how Trump has used the White Home to advertise his model.
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It will likely be the third owned by the Trump Organisation in Scotland. Trump purchased Turnberry in 2014 and owns one other course close to Aberdeen that opened in 2012.
Guests could have ample alternative to bag themselves a memento, as images of the not too long ago opened Trump merchandise retailer at Turnberry present.
Whereas there is no such thing as a signal of the controversial Trump 2028 caps in inventory, the president’s basic Make America Nice Once more model is on sale for £55.
His Trump 45/47 caps commemorating his two non-consecutive presidencies is promoting for £50.
These in search of one thing extra formal would possibly want a duplicate of Letters to Trump, which at £99 is billed as an ‘intimate look into the non-public assortment of correspondence between President Donald J. Trump and a number of the largest names in current historical past’.
Metallic tumblers are listed at £35 apiece, with bottle openers at £35, espresso mugs at £20, and fridge magnets and enjoying playing cards at £15.
The most affordable merchandise on the listing – and the one factor Trump in all probability has no use for given the rumours of his less-than scrupulous match play – is a £10 ball marker.
Trump golfed on Saturday as protesters took to the streets, and once more on Sunday.
He invited Sir Keir aboard Air Drive One so the PM may get a personal tour of his Aberdeen property earlier than Tuesday’s ceremonial opening.
‘Even if you happen to play badly, it’s nonetheless good,’ Trump stated of {golfing} on his course over the weekend.
‘For those who had a nasty day on the golf course, it’s OK. It’s higher than different days.’
Trump even discovered time at Turnberry to reward its renovated ballroom, which he stated he’d paid lavishly to improve — even suggesting that he would possibly set up one prefer it on the White Home.
‘I may take this one, drop it proper down there,’ Trump joked. ‘And it could be stunning.’
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