The protesters waved a U.S. flag and held up a sign criticising U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer on the edge of the Turnberry resort. U.S.

Scotland is the birthplace of Trump’s mother and a place where he owns two golf resorts. Yet he hasn’t always had a warm reception there.

The Scots are generally not fans of Mr. Trump, and protests are already planned. A group called “Stop Trump Scotland” said it is organizing a “festival of resistance” against Mr. Trump during the trip and has called on John Swinney, the first minister of Scotland, to decline to meet with him.

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President Donald Trump is traveling to Scotland as his family’s business prepares to open a new golf course in Aberdeenshire, billed as “the greatest 36 holes in golf."