Trump greeted by hat-waving crowd at Scotland golf resort
Misty Severi
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Former President Donald Trump was greeted by a crowd of resort staffers at his Turnberry golf resort in Scotland on Tuesday. He visited the course on the second day of his trip to the United Kingdom.
The crowd of staffers waved red hats similar to his “Make America Great Again” baseball caps. However, these hats were emblazoned with the phrase, “We make Turnberry great again.”
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Trump’s visit marks the first time the former commander in chief, whose lineage traces back to Scotland, has visited the U.K. since he left office.
The first leg of his trip included a ribbon-cutting at a second golf course in Aberdeen on Monday. The second course at the Aberdeen resort will be named the MacLeod course after his late mother Mary Anne MacLeod, who is from the Scottish island Isle of Lewis, according to BBC News.
Trump, who is running for reelection in 2024, is visiting the U.K. as a private individual and was escorted around the resort by local police. The former president is also expected to visit his golf course at Doonbeg, on Ireland’s west coast, during his trip.
Trump’s visit comes as he faces a slew of legal issues, including a defamation lawsuit that includes an accusation from E. Jean Carroll that the former president raped her in the 1990s. He is also the first president to face criminal charges after Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg charged him with 34 counts of falsifying business records over alleged hush money payments.
A grand jury recently indicted Trump on the 34 charges, and he has pleaded “not guilty” to all of them.
Trump is also being investigated for possibly obstructing the investigation into how classified records wound up at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, and whether he influenced the Jan. 6 riot at the United States Capitol.
He also faces a criminal investigation in Georgia over his possible interference in the 2020 presidential election, and a civil lawsuit against himself and his company for fraud in New York.
Trump’s visit comes shortly after Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) made a stop in the U.K. during his own international trip, which also included stops in Israel, Japan, and South Korea.
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The governor’s visit was aimed at making lucrative business deals but could also boost his international credentials ahead of a possible 2024 presidential run.
DeSantis is considered Trump’s biggest challenger for the GOP nomination next year.