Donald Trump’s son Eric has met with First Minister John Swinney after landing in Scotland on Thursday morning.
Eric Trump touched down at Edinburgh Airport in the early morning in his father’s private jet.
Eric oversees the US President’s golf courses in Scotland and is visiting for business meetings. It was later confirmed that Eric, who has previously criticised Swinney, would be meeting with the First Minister during his visit.
The surprise meeting comes months after Eric Trump criticised Swinney as “nasty” for endorsing Kamala Harris during last year’s presidential election race and for the way Swinney had spoken about the current American president in interviews.
Since then, however, President Trump has taken office and has been invited to visit the UK, and Scotland in particular, by King Charles.
It was assumed that Eric Trump had come to visit the Trump Turnberry golf resort in South Ayrshire after it was vandalised in the early hours of Saturday morning.
Milo ChandlerThe luxury golf resort is run by the Trump Organisation, which Donald Trump owns.
Red paint could be seen thrown over the clubhouse while the greens were dug up and marker flags pulled down.
On Wednesday, police confirmed a 33-year-old man had been arrested in connection with the damage caused to the luxury golf resort.
He was released pending further enquiries.
Earlier this week, the owners of a shop on the Scottish island where Donald Trump’s mother grew up put up a banner protesting the US President.
Sarah Venus and her husband Peter, who own the shop Lewis Revival in Stornoway, have set up a banner reading “Shame on you, Donald John.”
The pair say they were prompted to unfurl their protest after Trump clashed with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a heated Oval Office meeting on February 28.
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