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Chris Flanagan

‘I was aware of the rumours of Donald Trump buying Rangers – my first sit-down board meeting with him would have been interesting…’ Ally McCoist gives verdict on reports of a high-profile takeover

US President Donald Trump waits to speak in Emancipation Hall during inauguration ceremonies at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. (Photo by Greg Nash / POOL / AFP) (Photo by GREG NASH/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) with the Rangers crest behind him.

Donald Trump returned for a turbulent second term as US president in January, but he could have been a football club owner if things had turned out differently.

Back in 2012, before he’d ever run for president, Trump was linked with a takeover at Rangers during their financial crisis – his mother is Scottish, and he owns two golf courses in the country.

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