President Donald Trump is set to visit Scotland at the end of the month and will spend time at his three golf courses – with secret services already on high alert over the threat of protests
Donald Trump is set to visit Turnberry later this month(Image: Getty)
Donald Trump is set to visit Scotland in order to visit his three courses over the course of the next month, reports suggest, as the President attempts to distance himself from fears over his health and wellbeing.
While he’s in Scotland, the President will apparently visit his Turnberry course, which was famously vandalised by pro-Palestine protestors earlier in the year. Vandals broke into the site before spray-painting the walls of the main building, spraying ‘FREE PALESTINE’ on the gates and writing ‘GAZA IS NOT 4 SALE’ on one of the greens.
That protest came after the outspoken leader of the free world had suggested the United States could take over Gaza and rebuild it, thereby ending the Israel-Palestine conflict. A bizarre AI video posted to his Truth Social page showed a Dubai-style city with a massive golden Trump statue, which he inferred would be Gaza.
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Secret Service is apparently already planning for the trip and anticipating protests over his visit to the country. Trump will apparently land at Prestwick Airport in late July.
The main crux of the visit will be for Trump to visit his Turnberry course, which he is desperate to see host the Open Championship again. Trump will also visit his two other courses in Scotland, one of which is set to host an event on the DP World Tour this summer.
Turnberry hasn’t hosted the major since 2009, with R&A Chief Executive Mark Darbon flirting with the idea of bringing it back.
Donald Trump is set to visit Scotland at the end of July(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Darbon has insisted he would ‘love’ for Turnberry to host the Open, but warned it wasn’t in his control, rather it was an issue for the surrounding area.
“At Turnberry, there are definitely some logistical and commercial challenges that we face around the road, rail and accommodation infrastructure,” he said earlier this year.
The trip will provide Trump with the opportunity to distance himself from fears he may be developing dementia, with a doctor suggesting there are “telltale” signs in the way he moves.
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Trump, 78, is already the second-oldest President of all time and on track to end his Presidency as the oldest man to ever hold the office, and now there are fears about his cognitive capability for the job.
Dr. John Gartner has raised his concerns about Trump’s condition and coordination, suggesting there rare signs of dementia visible in the way he acts.
“When we talk about deterioration from dementia, I was focusing on language because that’s the thing we most observe, but also we always see deterioration in motor performance,” he said.
“We found some of him doing athletic activities in the 80s. I have a film of him playing volleyball, diving to dig the ball and popping up and hitting a high shot, he was very coordinated.
“And now, you know he really does have trouble getting up the stairs, he does trip and fall.”
