Washington – President Trump is in Scotland For several days during a trip that will combine presidential and personal affairs.
The most recent president golf course In Scotland at Trump International Scotland is expected to open on August 13, and Trump will visit the site before the official opening. Trump International Scotland has been open in Aberdeenshire since 2012. Trump will also visit his other Scottish golf club in Turnberry, located along the southwest coast of Scotland.
During his stay in Scotland, Trump should discuss trade with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at a meeting that the president said “probably” in one of his golf properties. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Union commission, said Friday that she and the American president agreed to meet in Scotland on Sunday to discuss tradeAnd Mr. Trump confirmed the meeting upon arrival in Scotland. Trump will also meet John Swinney, the leader of the Scottish National Party, who promised to raise human suffering Gaza When he meets Mr. Trump.
“It’s great to be in Scotland,” Trump told journalists at landing. “We are going to meet the Prime Minister, I suppose that tomorrow, a little tomorrow and the next day. And we are going to do great things.”
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The visit is Mr. Trump’s first visit to the United Kingdom of his second term, although he also visited during his first mandate.
It is unusual for a modern president to promote his personal activities during a trip funded by taxpayers – or during his function. Trump said his children managed his businesses while he was president. Some of the costs of this trip, such as the exploitation of the Air Force One at around $ 192,000 an hour and the guarantee of the secret services and housing for staff, are covered by taxpayers.
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The United Kingdom is one of the few countries with which the United States has reached some Trade AgreementBefore a deadline at the approach of August 1 for countries to conclude agreements with the United States
Trump said he and Starmer could “improve” their agreement previously reached when they come together.
The president threatened to impose tariff rates between 15% and 50% on countries where an agreement cannot be concluded before August.
The United States had a trade surplus of $ 11.9 billion with the United Kingdom in 2024, which means that the United States sold more goods in the United Kingdom than the United Kingdom in the United States, but the United States had a trade deficit of around $ 235 billion with the EU last year.
Before leaving for Scotland Friday, Trump said there was a “50/50 chance, perhaps less than” that his administration would reach a trade agreement with the EU. Without an agreement, Trump threatened to strike imports from the 27 EU member countries with a huge price rate of 30%. The president has long criticized the American-US trade relationship, saying that the United States had been treated unjustly.
Trump has personal ties with the Scottish campaign. His mother was born and grew up on Lewis Island in Scotland, before emigrating to New York at 18.