Former US President Donald Trump gestures to members of the media on the tarmac after disembarking "Trump Force One" at Aberdeen airport on the north-east coast of Scotland on May 1, 2023, at the start of his first visit to the country since losing the Presidency. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
LONDON (AP) - Former US President Donald Trump traveled to Scotland on Monday to open a new golf course at his resort near Aberdeen.
Trump and his son Eric were greeted by two pipers, a red carpet and a 10-vehicle motorcade as they stepped off his private jet with an American flag painted on the tailfin.
"It’s great to be home - this was the home of my mother,” Trump said before getting into one of his cars.
"Trump Force One" at Aberdeen airport, having transported former US President Donald Trump to the north-east coast of Scotland on May 1, 2023, at the start of his first visit to the country since losing the Presidency. (Photo by ANDY BUCHANAN / AFP)
Trump’s mother, Mary, was born on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides before emigrating to the United States.
Trump, who has announced that he will seek the presidency again next year, will head to his golf course in Doonbeg on Ireland’s west coast when he leaves Scotland.
"Will be meeting with many wonderful friends, and cutting a ribbon for a new and spectacular second course in Aberdeen,’’ Trump said on his Truth Social platform. "Very exciting despite the fact that it is ‘make America great again’ that is on my mind, in fact, America will be greater than ever before.”
