{"id":40028,"date":"2025-07-27T01:23:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40028\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T01:23:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:23:12","slug":"trump-golfs-in-scotland-amid-protests-against-his-uk-visit-and-trade-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/40028\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump golfs in Scotland amid protests against his UK visit and trade deals"},"content":{"rendered":"

(TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump<\/a> spent his Saturday playing gold at his course in Turnberry, Scotland when hundreds of protesters took to the streets to denounce his presence in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Trump and his son Eric Trump, played with the U.S. ambassador to Britain, Warren Stephens. Security tightened as protesters gathered around the area keeping a distance from the U.S. president\u2019s group.<\/p>\n

According to reports from the Associated Press, the president appeared to play an opening nine holes, break for lunch and then finish off with nine more. By mid-afternoon, security officials began leaving, suggesting Trump was done for the day.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of demonstrators lined the street in front of the U.S. Consulate where speakers told the crowds that Trump was not welcome and criticized British Prime Minister Keir Starmer for striking a trade deal with the U.S. to avoid tariffs.<\/p>\n

Protests were also planned around other cities by environmental activists, opponents of the Israel Hamas war and pro-Ukraine groups.<\/p>\n

Protesters also carried signs of pictures with Trump and Jeffery Epstein as the controversy over the administration\u2019s handling of the files continues to draw criticism.<\/p>\n

Mark Gorman, 63, attended the demonstrations and told the Associated Press that \u201cthe vast majority of Scots have this sort of feeling about Trump that, even though he has Scottish roots, he\u2019s a disgrace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have deep disdain for Donald Trump and everything that he stands for,\u201d Gorman said as his reasoning for his attendance.<\/p>\n

As bagpipes played, demonstrators chanted \u201cTrump Out!\u201d<\/p>\n

Other signs said things like \u201cNo red carpets for dictators,\u201d \u201cWe don\u2019t want you here\u201d and \u201cStop Trump. Migrants welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

The president plans to meet with Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, president of the European Commission to discuss trade.<\/p>\n

The Trumps will also visit another Trump-owned golf course near Aberdeen in northeastern Scotland, before returning to Washington on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Scottish Parliament member Maggie Chapman told a crowd of protesters on Saturday, \u201cWe stand in solidarity, not only against Trump but against everything he and his politics stand for.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump spent his Saturday playing gold at his course in Turnberry, Scotland when hundreds…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"tags":[32380,14004,427,2564,9121,7270,99,14530,3479,32379],"class_list":{"0":"post-40028","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-demonstrations","9":"tag-eric-trump","10":"tag-golf","11":"tag-protests","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-security","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-trade-deals","16":"tag-trump","17":"tag-u-s-ambassador"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}