Donald Trump's Turnberry golf course in Scotland has been vandalised by pro-Palestine protesters after the US president's controversial comments over the Gaza strip

https://www.irishstar.com/news/us-news/donald-trumps-60m-golf-course-34822082

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  1. >Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf course has been targeted by pro-Palestine demonstrators.

    >The clubhouse has been splattered with red paint, and the phrase “Gaza is not 4 sale” has been scrawled on the fairway. Significant damage to the greens is evident, and photos reveal various slogans such as “Free Palestine”, “Free Gaza” and “F*** Trump” spray-painted at the entrance of the South Ayrshire, Scotland course.

    >Trump acquired the 119-year-old Turnberry golf resort for $60million in April 2014. The property, officially named Trump Turnberry, also boasts a luxury hotel and is part of his wider investment in global golf properties.

    >Police reported receiving the first damage report early Saturday morning. A spokesperson for Police Scotland stated: “Around 4.40am on Saturday, 8 March, 2025, we received a report of damage to the golf course and a premises on Maidens Road, Turnberry. Enquiries are ongoing and anyone with any information is asked to contact 101 quoting reference 0636 of 8 March, 2025.”

    >This incident follows Trump’s recent remarks suggesting the US could potentially “own” the Gaza strip and transform it into the “Riviera of the East”. “The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too,” Trump said during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in February.

    >The US president initially said he was “committed to buying and owning Gaza” but later changed his plan, claiming the US would not need to purchase the land. “We’re going to have Gaza. We don’t have to buy. There’s nothing to buy. We will have Gaza,” he said.

    >He added: “We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site … level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings.”

    >Last month, he also took to his Truth Social platform to share an AI video – initially created as a satire by Los Angeles filmmaker Solo Avital – depicting casinos, golden statues, and belly dancers at a hypothetical ‘Trump Gaza’ resort.

    >The video was met with fierce backlash as critics argued it grotesquely whitewashes the suffering endured by Palestinians during months of relentless bombardment and bloodshed.

  3. Man, only graffiti? Isnt the value in the golf course?

  4. I’m extremely proud of our Scottish vandal neighbours. I find myself with them in opposing a genocidal rapist fuckwit with a little bit of freedom of expression. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿👍

  5. Check your figures! You just jacked it up almost $17 million

  6. It’s bound to happen. He’s a wanna be gangsta- let him have everything that life comes with

  8. I’m sure Trump will put in an insurance claim of about $55 million dollars for that vandalism.

  9. Why do I think the Scottish government will pay for the cleanup?

  13. Generally speak8ng I don’t condone vandalism.

    But I make an exception for trump.

  14. attacked by vandals?

    More like improved by artists.

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