Trump in Scotland for golf, bilateral talks

Trip comes amid Epstein ties crisis

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Mr Trump plans to visit his golf resort in Turnberry on Scotland's east coast, where he will meet on Monday with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, before heading to his sprawling golf property 322km away near Aberdeen on the west coast.

As part of the visit, he will open a second 18-hole course on the Aberdeen property named in honour of his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born and raised on a Scottish island before emigrating to America.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt this week said the trip was intended as a "working visit that will include a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Starmer to refine the historic US-UK trade deal".

The overseas travel comes as Mr Trump faces the biggest domestic political crisis of his second term in office. Allies and opponents alike have criticised his administration’s handling of investigative files related to Epstein’s criminal charges and the circumstances of his 2019 death in prison.