(29 Jul 2025)
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Aberdeen, Scotland – 29 July 2025
1. Various of U.S. President Donald Trump arriving
2. Trump cutting ribbon, posing for photo with members of his family, including sons Eric and Donald Jr
3. Trump, his family and attendees watch fireworks display
4. Trump hitting a golf shot, and greeting attendees
5. Logo of Trump’s golf course
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"My son, Eric, has worked so hard on this, and it’s been truly a labor of love for him. And we started with a beautiful piece of land, but we made it much more beautiful. And the area has given us — they’ve really welcomed us, if you remember at the beginning, it wasn’t quite a welcome, but it wasn’t bad. But with time, they’ve liked us more and more now. They love us, and we love them. They’ve really put it out, and they know how good this whole complex is, Trump International. We have the first course, which we call the old course and the second course, which we called the new course because that’s the best way to describe."
7. Donald Jr playing golf to applause from attendees
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"It’s going to be great. I look forward to playing it today. We’ll play it very quickly and then I go back to D.C and we put out fires all over the world. We did one yesterday. As you know, we stopped a war, but we’ve stopped about five wars. So that’s much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it’s much more important."
9. Eric and Donald Jr
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:
"And we’re going to make all of our countries strong and great and really wonderful again. And that’s happening and it’s happening very fast. And we love Scotland. You know, my mother was born here and she loved it. She would come back here religiously once a year during the summers with my sister Marianne and sometimes my sister Elizabeth, but they would come here religiously."
11. Trump and family posing for photo
12. Trump, family and attendees watching a guest’s shot
13. Trump walking away
14. Various of Trump playing golf
15. Flags of the U.S. and Scotland
16. Trump posing for photo
STORYLINE:
U.S. President Donald Trump opened a new golf course bearing his name in Scotland on Tuesday, capping a five-day foreign trip designed around promoting his family’s luxury properties and playing golf.
“Let’s go. 1-2-3,” Trump said before he cut a red ribbon and fireworks popped to mark the official opening of the new Trump course in the village of Balmedie on Scotland’s northern coast.
“This has been an unbelievable development,” Trump said before the opening. He thanked his son Eric for his work on the project. Son Don Jr. was also present.
Immediately after the opening, Trump, Eric Trump and two professional golfers in the foursome teed off on the first hole.
They planned to play 18 holes before Trump returns to Washington.
The overseas jaunt let Trump escape Washington’s sweaty summer humidity and the still-raging scandal over the case of Jeffrey Epstein.
It was mostly built around golf — and walking the new course before it officially begins offering rounds to the public on Aug. 13, adding to a lengthy list of ways Trump has used the White House to promote his brand.
Billing itself the “Greatest 36 Holes in Golf,” the Trump International Golf Links, Scotland, was designed by Eric Trump.
The course is hosting a PGA Seniors Championship event later this week, after Trump leaves.
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