"At this point, he's essentially using the White House as an extension of the Trump Organization and letting the taxpayers pick up the bill," Jordan Libowitz, the Vice President for Communications at Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, told ABC News.

The administration has called Trump's visit a "working trip," and Trump is... See more

Earlier this month PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan implored Trump to moderate the merger negotiations between his circuit and the Saudi-backed LIV Golf, which would enrich the family business. “One doesn’t know if he is acting as president of the United States or simply as a businessman, in trying to promote this merger,” US representative Jamie... See more

There is no suggestion that the Trump business has asked for anything specific from the Scottish government.

However, it is a matter of record that Scottish ministers awarded public funds to support a golf tournament to be played at Trump International, as the Aberdeenshire business is officially known.

That was announced in time for Donald Trump's... See more