Former US president Donald Trump has declared “it’s great to be home” as he touched down in Aberdeen ahead of a visit to his nearby golf course.
The 76-year-old arrived at the city’s airport at about 11.30am and was met by two pipers, a red carpet and 10-vehicle motorcade. He pumped his fist in trademark fashion as he exited his plane.
He left the plane and walked to a waiting car, greeting waiting media, but not stopping to take questions.
Trump has revealed he will be going to the Menie estate site near the city to open a “spectacular” second course.
His officials have not revealed how long he will stay or whether he will visit his other luxury Scottish course at Turnberry in South Ayrshire.
It is his first trip to the UK since 2019.
Following his time in Scotland, he is expected to head to his course in Doonbeg on Ireland’s west coast.
The trip comes after he became the first US president in history to face a criminal trial.
He pleaded not guilty to charges of falsifying business records to hide damaging information ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
The claims centre around apparent hush money to adult film star, Stormy Daniels.
Trump traces his roots back to the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.
His mother, Mary Anne Trump, nee MacLeod, lived in the small village of Tong before leaving for the US in 1930, aged 18.
There, she married Fred Trump, and Donald is one of their five children.
Asked last week if he will meet the former US leader, who has previously made controversial statements about Muslims, Scotland’s new first minister, Humza Yousaf, said: “I would find it difficult, I have to say, to meet with him without raising the significance of concerns I have of the remarks that he’s made in the past.”