ABERDEEN, Scotland — President Donald Trump gave a rare tip of the cap to the media as he oversaw the grand opening of a golf course in Aberdeen, the celebratory culmination of a golf-themed diplomatic tour of his properties in Scotland.

“So thank you, everybody, thank you to the media,” Trump told attendees before teeing off at the New Course at Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen. “The media has been terrific, believe it or not. I didn’t use the word ‘fake news’ one time, not one time. Today, they’re not fake news. Today, they’re wonderful news … and they respect what we’ve done, really, at a level that you rarely see nowadays. So, I really, very much, appreciate it.”