{"id":302798,"date":"2025-07-30T02:45:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302798\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T02:45:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T02:45:13","slug":"the-internet-is-losing-it-over-a-video-of-trump-being-drowned-out-by-bagpipes-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/302798\/","title":{"rendered":"The Internet Is Losing It Over A Video Of Trump Being Drowned Out By Bagpipes In Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has supplied the internet with plenty of ammunition over the years to poke fun at him with his many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/morgansloss1\/awkward-outrageous-moments-trump-joint-address-congress\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:awkward moments,;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">awkward moments, <\/a>but his latest unexpected moment has social media users cracking up.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeSington\/status\/1950179249370910959\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:clip;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">clip<\/a> of Trump\u00a0greeting British Prime Minister Keir Starmer outside of the president\u2019s Turnberry golf course in Scotland during his visit to the country began making the rounds online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pair were meeting to discuss the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/fact-sheets\/2025\/05\/fact-sheet-u-s-uk-reach-historic-trade-deal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:trade agreement;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">trade agreement<\/a> they announced in May and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/ap-ml-mideast-wars-gaza-73-killed-israel_n_687cdd4de4b09c4b75ea07f1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:humanitarian crisis in Gaza;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">humanitarian crisis in Gaza<\/a>, among <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-scotland-starmer-golf-course-trade-cf9ebbfb9cb2614ec59f0de67d3fd5fc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:other topics;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">other topics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the footage, Trump, who is seen standing outside of the golf course with Starmer, attempts to speak with the press, but his words are drowned out almost entirely by the sound of bagpipes. <\/p>\n<p>The bagpiper was reportedly hired by Trump to perform at his golf course as Starmer arrived, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/president-donald-trump-struggles-to-be-heard-over-bagpipes-at-his-big-scotland-event\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Daily Beast.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Daily Beast.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People on X, formerly Twitter, teased Trump over the moment. <\/p>\n<blockquote placeholder=\"\" data-theme=\"light\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>Trump tried to flex in Scotland, <br \/>And got drowned out by bagpipes mid-sentence.<\/p>\n<p>You couldn\u2019t script it better:<br \/>A disgraced president, flanked by scandals, trying to rewrite history\u2026<\/p>\n<p>And the soundtrack is a national rejection played at full volume. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/V2r7JI4uwB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:pic.twitter.com\/V2r7JI4uwB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">pic.twitter.com\/V2r7JI4uwB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Allen (@allenanalysis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/allenanalysis\/status\/1949912161192706459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:July 28, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote placeholder=\"\" data-theme=\"light\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>The one instance where bagpipes are less annoying<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House of Cards (@sparkelsedwards) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sparkelsedwards\/status\/1949898117836427618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:July 28, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote placeholder=\"\" data-theme=\"light\" class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p>This may be the first time he\u2019s ever been shut up.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Prophecy (@TheTrueXProphet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTrueXProphet\/status\/1949925508805726485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:July 28, 2025;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">July 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile, Trump marked the end of his trip to Scotland on Tuesday by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/trump-opens-new-golf-course-scotland-heading-home-with-eye-middle-east-2025-07-29\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:opening a new golf course;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">opening a new golf course<\/a> in Aberdeen, Scotland.<\/p>\n<p>Related&#8230;<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Donald Trump has supplied the internet with plenty of ammunition over the years to poke fun at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5009],"tags":[748,4884,807,6202,712,16,111636,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-302798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-scotland","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-great-britain","10":"tag-keir-starmer","11":"tag-president-donald-trump","12":"tag-scotland","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-unexpected-moment","15":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114939895775919907","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}