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“So we’re going to the fight,” Mr. Trump said. “We have lots of fights going around the world, and I think we have a lot of good news coming soon about some of those fights, and we’ll see how it goes. But it’s been a it’s been an interesting weekend. I think we have some pretty good news coming on some of the conflicts.”

With Trump’s use of this visit to further his business interests already in the spotlight, Scotland’s first minister, John Swinney, faced significant criticism after announcing that his government was in talks to provide £180,000 of public funding for the Aberdeenshire resort as it hosts the 2025 Nexo championship on the DP World Tour next month.

Praising the “great craftsmen” of Ayrshire on Scotland’s west coast, he described spending “probably $100m [£74m]” on the hotel: “We did a very great job. You see how beautiful it is?

Trump uses press conference with Starmer to boost his golf business

Scotland’s first minister criticised over talks to provide public funding for US president’s resort as it hosts Nexo championship

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

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen found herself at the centre of this unabashed "golf diplomacy" on Sunday, as she visited the US president's Turnberry course to seal an EU-US trade deal.

Criticised by some European political leaders as a capitulation by Brussels, the pair announced the pact to the world from a lavish ballroom named... See more

The sprawling golf resort, the first project by the Trump Organization in Vietnam, broke ground as the country scrambled to reach a crucial trade deal with the US.

Vietnam, which is heavily dependent on exports, was facing the threat of a 46% tariff in April, which has since been reduced to 20% for many goods.

Vietnam’s prime minister said the... See more

“They’ve agreed to spend close to $1 trillion of money in our American companies, which to me means jobs,” Trump told reporters on Monday, explaining why he prioritizes the relationship. While Trump announced sweeping new tariffs Wednesday on imports from much of the world, roiling the financial markets, Saudi Arabia got off relatively lightly,... See more

As markets braced for another meltdown triggered by President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs, Democrats hammered the president for spending the weekend golfing rather than responding to Americans' fears that their retirement accounts are plummeting with the markets.

Trump left Washington, D.C., for Florida on Thursday to attend a LiV Golf... See more