Donald Trump is expected to arrive in South Ayrshire later today.
The 45th US President is visiting the UK for the first time since 2019 and will touch down in Scotland this morning.
He plans to cut the ribbon on a new golf course at his Menie estate in Aberdeen before heading south to Turnberry, the five star Carrick resort also in his ownership.
Trump was last at the course in 2018, sparking huge protests and a massive police and security operation.
Posting on the social media platform Truth Social, he said he would be opening a “spectacular” second course at Menie in the north-east of the country.
Following his time in Scotland, he will head to his course in Doonbeg on Ireland’s west coast.
Mr Trump, who is running for the White House again in 2024 and is seen by many as the presumptive Republican nominee, said his campaign is “on my mind”, stressing that a victory for him would make America “greater than ever before”.
He said: “Will be leaving for Scotland & Ireland soon in order to see and inspect my great properties there.
“The golf courses and hotels are among the greatest in the world – Turnberry and Aberdeen, in Scotland, and Doonbeg, in Ireland.
“Will be meeting with many wonderful friends, and cutting a ribbon for a new and spectacular second course in Aberdeen.
“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.”
Trump has never hidden his admiration for Turnberry since buying the resort in 2014, hailing it among the most treasured jewels in his vast property portfolio.
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