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Trump, who has family roots in Lewis, an island off the
northwestern tip of Scotland, owns two golf courses in Scotland
- one north of Aberdeen and the Turnberry resort south of
Glasgow - as well as the Doonbeg golf resort in Ireland.
"It’s great to be home," Trump told reporters after disembarking
from his plane at Aberdeen airport. "This was the home of my
mother."
Trump, who launched his election campaign last November for the
2024 U.S. presidential election, said on Sunday he was
travelling to "see and inspect" his properties in Scotland and
Ireland.
"Will be meeting with many wonderful friends, and cutting a
ribbon for a new and SPECTACULAR Second Course in Aberdeen. Very
Exciting," the 76-year old said on his social media platform
Truth Social.
The trip comes weeks after Trump was charged with 34 felony
counts in New York in a case involving an alleged $130,000 hush
payment to an adult film star during his 2016 presidential
campaign. Trump pleaded not guilty to all of the charges.
Accounts released in February showed that the two Scottish golf
courses lost 4.4 million pounds ($5.5 million) in 2021.
($1 = 0.7989 pounds)
(Reporting by Russell Cheyne; writing by Muvija M and William
Schomberg; Editing by Kate Holton and Christina Fincher)
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