Trump’s Scottish homecoming complicated by possible protests and ethics complaints

Published July 23, 2025 7:00am ET



President Donald Trump‘s hopes for a warm reception in Scotland, a country to which he has deep personal and business connections, may be dashed by politics.

After making a similar presidential trip in 2018, Trump will be in Scotland from this Friday to next Tuesday to meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and, among other “things,” open another golf course at Trump International Scotland in Aberdeenshire.

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