{"id":24869,"date":"2025-07-27T01:31:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24869\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T01:31:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:31:11","slug":"protesters-throw-scottish-slang-at-trump-as-he-tees-off-at-his-golf-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/24869\/","title":{"rendered":"Protesters throw Scottish slang at Trump as he tees off at his golf course"},"content":{"rendered":"

Frustrated by continued questions about his administration\u2019s handling of investigative files related to Epstein\u2019s criminal charges and his 2019 death in prison, Trump also told reporters on Friday to focus on bigger issues and other people.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou make it a very big thing over something that\u2019s not a big thing,\u201d Trump said. \u201cDon\u2019t talk about Trump. What you should be talking about is the fact that we have the greatest six months in the history of a presidency.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Protesters in Edinburgh were among those who took aim at Trump over the Gaza conflict, his immigration policies and his links to Jeffrey Epstein.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

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An Epstein sign outside the US consulate in Edinburgh.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Trump, normally a master at changing the subject when a topic stings politically, has been unable to shake off persistent unrest from his usually loyal base about Epstein, who died by suicide in prison in 2019.<\/p>\n

The US president was spotted on the golf course on Saturday morning, but had no public events on his schedule. Reporters and supporters were kept away by enhanced security.<\/p>\n

The White House said Trump was golfing with his son, Eric Trump, US ambassador to Britain Warren Stephens, and Stephens\u2019 son. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was also on the course.<\/p>\n

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Police patrol the beach at Turnberry golf course.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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Trump\u2019s entourage as he toured the Turnberry golf course.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

White House officials hope some time out of the limelight will allow the Epstein controversy to die down, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Gaza concerns<\/p>\n

Away from the golf course, hundreds of anti-Trump protesters gathered outside the US consulate in Edinburgh, some holding up placards with images of Trump with Epstein. Others held pro-Palestinian signs.<\/p>\n

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A protester uses Scottish slang to take aim at Trump in Edinburgh.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

Cat Cutmore, 31, an Edinburgh resident, said she felt compelled to protest Trump\u2019s visit given her deep concerns about the worsening situation in Gaza after 21 months of war and what she sees as the US president\u2019s attacks on democratic principles.<\/p>\n

She chafed at his warm reception by Scottish and British officials.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere comes a point where if you roll out the red carpet to somebody who has put citizens of his own country and people who are seeking asylum into prison camps, you\u2019re complicit,\u201d she
said.<\/p>\n

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Protesters gather outside the US consulate in Edinburgh.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

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More protesters in Edingburgh.Credit: AP<\/p>\n

Janet MacLeod Trotter, another Edinburgh resident and an author of historical fiction, said she was particularly angry that Trump was capitalising on his mother\u2019s name, which she shares.<\/p>\n

On the trip, Trump will open a golf course near Aberdeen named after his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born and raised on a Scottish island before emigrating to the US.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re just fed up with the way that he\u2019s using political clout to browbeat people around the world … He\u2019s coming here and using that as a gimmick to help his business interests,\u201d Trotter said.<\/p>\n

Gabriele Negro, an Italian who works at the University of Edinburgh, said he was there to send a signal that he, like others, did not agree with Trump\u2019s immigration policies and stance on Gaza.<\/p>\n

Trump bought the Turnberry property, which includes a hotel and golf course, for $US60 million ($91 million) in 2014, in the hope of returning the course to the rotation for the Open Championship, but said his visit was \u201cnot about that\u201d.<\/p>\n

It has not hosted the event since 2009 amid concerns about the lack of accommodation and infrastructure for an event that draws hundreds of thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Frustrated by continued questions about his administration\u2019s handling of investigative files related to Epstein\u2019s criminal charges and his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[64,63,755,85],"class_list":["post-24869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-golf","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}