Business promotion and politics par for Trump’s golf tour
ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland – Donald Trump moved from hole to hole on his wind-swept Scotland golf course Saturday, not a club in hand but promotion on his mind, extolling North Sea views that are among “the great sights of the world.”
He squeezed in commentary about the United Kingdom’s vote to leave the European Union and Hillary Clinton’s tax policies. And when the abbreviated tour of Trump International Golf Links ended at the clubhouse, Trump ditched the pack of reporters trampling on his fairways, hopped into the driver’s seat of a golf cart and gave media mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife Jerry Hall a ride around the property.
Business, with a wedge of politics, was par for the day.
Trump’s appearance at the course outside Aberdeen was the final event of his two-day tour of his golf resorts in Scotland.
Trump has cheered the outcome of Thursday’s referendum to leave the EU and tried to play down American fears about it – especially stock markets.
“Americans are very much different. This shouldn’t even affect them. I mean frankly, if it’s done properly, if we had proper leadership,” Trump said.
Trump also muddied waters about his call for a temporary ban on foreign Muslims from entering the United States.
On Saturday, he said it “wouldn’t bother me” if a Muslim from Scotland tried to enter the U.S. Then, he suggested to reporters that “strong vetting,” and not a ban, would be an essential part of his immigration policy.
Associated Press