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Donald Trump, the current US President-elect will be heading to Scotland next year to launch a new golf course. Speaking to the PA news agency, his son, Eric Trump confirmed that the visit would take place as planned. The 18-hole MacLeod Course will be situated at the Trump International resort in Menie and will be opening its doors to visitors next summer. This will be the first time Trump will be travelling to Scotland after emerging victorious in the US election.
The course which is named after Donald Trump’s mother Mary will consist of “largest sand dunes in Scotland”. This course is part of the Trump International resort which has in the past, attracted controversy. The dunes at Menie lost their status as a nationally-important protected environment four years ago. However, the organisation claims that the new course is among the most environmentally friendly and sustainable to have been built.
Scotland has been facing issues surrounding the issue of foreign intervention in its climate. Trump and his golf course have also been a point of contention for many members of the Scottish Greens. Accusing him of being a climate-change denier, they had previously said that Trump was not welcome in Aberdeenshire with his lies and dodgy business dealings. During his previous visit in 2018, Trump was booed by demonstrators who had gathered within Turnberry complex.
Speaking about the love that his family has for Scotland, Eric Trump maintained that they are keeping their investment in Scotland strong. He opened up about the issues they have faced claiming that the country has made it “virtually impossible to do business”. Echoing his father, he suggested that regulations, red tapes, and insane taxation had made things quite challenging in recent years. Nevertheless, he said that his family still invested hundreds of millions of dollars to meticulously design the refurbishment of the resort and has never even received a thank you for this gesture
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