The President appeared to further confirm his claim of being responsible for creating more peace in the world, claiming to have already “ironed out a lot of it” as he opened his new golf course in Scotland.
07:35 ET, 29 Jul 2025Updated 08:07 ET, 29 Jul 2025
Trump spoke while cutting the ribbon and opening his new golf course in Scotland(Image: Getty Images)
As President Donald Trump opened a new golf course bearing his name in Scotland on Tuesday, he appeared to double down on his peace achievement claims.
While cutting the ribbon on his officially opened new golf course in Aberdeen, he said, “May God bless everyone—everyone here and everywhere.”
“It’s a world that’s had some conflict, but we’ve ironed out a lot of it.”
He continued, “We’re going to have a great and peaceful world. On a much smaller scale, this will be a tremendously successful place. A place where people can come and enjoy life, and it’s very special.
“I hope everyone in Scotland and well beyond Scotland enjoys these years to come. Let’s go. 1-2-3,” Trump said before he cut the red ribbon.
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Trump and his sons, Eric and Donald Jr., were also set to play the first-ever round at the new Trump course in the village of Balmedie, on the northern coast of Scotland.
“This has been an unbelievable development,” Trump said before the ceremonial opening. He thanked his son Eric for his work on the project, saying it was “truly a labor of love for him.”
But before Trump made his rambling speech on the golf course, another awkward moment occurred after Trump’s son Eric first introduced the President. The President was then made to wait by the bagpipers for a second time during his Scotland trip.
US President Donald Trump speaks during the official opening of the Trump International Golf Links course in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, north east Scotland(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
“Without further ado, we owe this course to a remarkable man, a person that we all love incredibly much. He’s coming down here, and we are going to cut this beautiful ribbon.
“And we’re proud of him, our families proud of him, our nations proud of him, I think the entire world is proud of him… and I think he’s going to be incredibly proud of this amazing masterpiece that we created here today, so… the President of the United States, ladies and gentlemen.”
The camera then pans over to Trump walking alone, with a group of bagpipe players in the distance behind him, but no sound can be heard.
Trump walks silently along the court for about 45 seconds before the familiar sounds of the Scottish instrument break their silence.
This happened a day after the bagpipers overshadowed Donald Trump’s attempt to deliver a key speech alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday morning.
Trump welcomed Starmer at the golf course, where the prime minister arrived in a motorcade to the sound of blaring bagpipes. The UK Prime Minister and his wife, Victoria, were greeted by Trump on the clubhouse steps before attempting to speak, only to be overpowered by the bagpipes for several minutes while Trump tried to give his speech.
The overseas trip let Trump escape not only Washington’s summer humidity but the still-raging scandal over the case of Jeffrey Epstein. Although he did have to answer a good number of questions on it during his conference with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday
Trump’s new Scottish golf course, Trump International Golf Links, was designed by his son Eric Trump and calls itself the “Greatest 36 Holes in Golf. “After Trump leaves, the course will host a PGA Seniors Championship event later this week. Signs promoting the event had already been erected all over the course before he arrived on Tuesday, and on the highway leading in, temporary metal signs guided drivers onto the correct road.
Golfers hitting the course at dawn as part of that event were subjected to security sweeps ahead of Trump’s arrival. They had to put their clubs through metal detectors erected for his visit.