{"id":102503,"date":"2025-07-29T16:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/102503\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T16:30:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:30:08","slug":"trump-touts-new-scotland-golf-course-after-claiming-bigger-priorities-than-golf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/102503\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump touts new Scotland golf course after claiming bigger priorities than golf"},"content":{"rendered":"

President Donald Trump<\/a> touted the opening of his new golf course in Scotland on Tuesday \u2014 while he admitted that he had more important priorities as commander-in-chief than playing the sport.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look forward to playing it today,\u201d Trump told reporters at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Aberdeen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll play it very quickly, and then I go back to D.C. and we put out fires all over the world,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n

Trump went on to say that he had golfed<\/a> on Monday, and he had also \u201cstopped the war\u201d \u2014 appearing to reference Thailand and Cambodia agreeing<\/a> to a ceasefire brokered by the president and Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia\u2019s prime minister, following roughly five days of fighting.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we stopped about five wars. So that\u2019s much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it\u2019s much more important,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n

As part of a five-day trip, Trump wrapped up his time in the region for a first round of golf at his now third golf course in Scotland. The Trump Organization owns two other courses in the country: a separate one in Aberdeen that opened in 2012, and another in Turnberry that opened in 2014.<\/p>\n

While initially intended to be a private visit, designed to promote his family\u2019s properties and play golf, the president had announced a trade agreement<\/a> with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, setting a 15% tariff rate on most goods, and met with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, in which the two leaders discussed<\/a> the war in Gaza, Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine and trade.<\/p>\n

Trump, flanked by his sons Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr., had cut a red ribbon to mark the opening, with his signature campaign song \u201cYMCA\u201d playing at the course. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been an unbelievable development,\u201d Trump said during his remarks, calling the project \u201ctruly a labor of love\u201d for his son Eric.<\/p>\n

\u201cI guess we\u2019re going to be hitting a couple of balls. And we\u2019re going to play the round,\u201d he added. \u201cI\u2019ll be playing quickly and then I\u2019ll be heading back. I look forward to that but I really look forward to playing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new course is expected to be open to the public on Aug. 13, according to the property\u2019s website<\/a>. It boasts itself as \u201cThe Greatest 36 Holes in Golf,\u201d set to \u201credefine the modern game of golf.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his meeting with Starmer on Monday, Trump raised the heat on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, appearing to break with his assessment that there is no starvation in Gaza. Trump said that he had seen images on TV and that \u201cthose children look very hungry,\u201d later adding that it looked like \u201creal starvation\u201d and \u201cyou can\u2019t fake that.\u201d<\/p>\n

When asked if he had a message for Netanyahu on Tuesday, following the ceremony, Trump said he is \u201ctrying to get things straightened out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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