{"id":25915,"date":"2025-07-26T22:04:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/25915\/"},"modified":"2025-07-26T22:04:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T22:04:08","slug":"trump-international-golf-contest-to-receive-180000-from-scottish-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/25915\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump International golf contest to receive \u00a3180,000 from Scottish Government"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n First Minister John Swinney is to meet with the US President while he is in Scotland<\/a> over the next four days.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Swinney said the funding will \u201cfurther enhance Aberdeenshire\u2019s reputation as a leading golfing destination\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n READ MORE:\u00a0Donald Trump claims immigration is ‘killing Europe’ during Scotland visit<\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n The Scottish Government are\u00a0in \u201cadvanced negotiations\u201d over the money, which is to go towards the 2025 Nexo Championship, previously the Scottish Championship, which will be held at Trump International this August.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n Announcing the plans, Swinney\u00a0said: \u201cI welcome the Nexo Championship being held at the Trump International Golf<\/a> Links this August.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n \u201cScotland has long been recognised as a world-class host of major events. Golf and golf events are a key part of our national identity, supporting communities, driving economic growth, contributing to environmental sustainability across the country and promoting Scotland through global profile.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThe [[Scottish Government]] recognises the importance and benefits<\/a> of golf and golf events, including boosting tourism and our economy.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cAs the home of golf, we have a long-standing track record of support and I am proud this funding will further enhance Aberdeenshire\u2019s reputation as a leading golfing destination and I am hopeful of securing further golfing events in future years.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n The US President is expected to travel to Trump International in Aberdeenshire on Monday.\n<\/p>\n

\n Scottish Green co-leader Patrick Harvie<\/a> has hit out at the First Minister for the promise of public cash for President Trump\u2019s golf resort.\n<\/p>\n

\n He likened that to Swinney announcing he is \u201chanding some pocket money to the school bully basically with \u00a3180,000 to support a golf tournament at the Menie estate\u201d.\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/p>\n

\n After Trump again criticised the \u201cwindmills\u201d used in green energy project when he touched down in Scotland, Harvie said: \u201cHe\u2019s attacking our renewables industry once again, one of the success stories of Scotland, and he is trying to attack and undermine it.\n<\/p>\n

\n \u201cThat is after having trashed part of our natural environment on the Aberdeenshire coast to build his golf resort.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\n The Green MSP spoke out as he joined hundreds of other anti-Trump protesters at a demonstration in the Scottish capital.\n<\/p>\n

\n Trump\u00a0flew into Prestwick<\/a> Airport last night and has been pictured\u00a0playing golf at his Turnberry resort in Ayr<\/a>shire on Saturday morning.\n<\/p>\n

\n He is expected to meet with Swinney during his trip, along with Prime Minister Keir Starmer<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\n <\/a>\n<\/p>\n

\n Earlier this month, Swinney said, it is in the interests of the country that he meets US President as\u00a0he had an \u201cobligation\u201d to \u201cprotect and promote\u201d Scotland.\n<\/p>\n

\n He said there would be an opportunity during his meeting to discuss tariffs, Gaza<\/a> and Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"First Minister John Swinney is to meet with the US President while he is in Scotland over the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25916,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-25915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}