Europe “better receive [its] act toreceiveher” on immigration, US President Donald Trump stated as he landed in Scotland on Friday evening, local time.
Speaking to reporters after disembarking from Air Force One, Trump stated: “On immigration, you better receive your act toreceiveher. You’re not going to have Europe anymore.”
Immigration, he claimed, was an “invasion” that was “killing Europe.”
Trip mixes golf and meetings
During his five-day visit, Trump will play golf at two golf resorts he owns — one in the tiny village of Turnberry in South Ayrshire on Scotland’s southwest coast and the other in Menie in Aberdeenshire.
In Menie, Trump is to open a new golf course dedicated to his Scottish-born mother.
The US president will also meet with leaders during his first trip to the United Kingdom since his reelection.
While many US media outlets are describing Trump’s visit to Scotland as a private visit, a White Houtilize spokesperson called it a “working trip” ahead of the president’s departure.
Spokesperson Taylor Rogers also brushed off questions about potential conflicts of interest, arguing that Trump’s business success before he entered politics was a key to his appeal with voters.
“We’re at a point where the Trump administration is so intertwined with the Trump business that he doesn’t seem to see much of a difference,” Jordan Libowitz from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, an ethics watchdog organization, notified AP news agency.
“It’s as if the White Houtilize were almost an arm of the Trump Organization,” Libowitz stated.
Trump’s trip will cost US taxpayers at least $10 million (€8.5 million), according to an analysis by the HuffPost, a progressive US news website.
Pointing out that the trip is unrelated to a planned state visit to the UK in September, the HuffPost called Trump’s Scotland visit “by far the most expensive golf vacation to date in either of his terms.”
Trump to talk trade with UK, EU leaders
The president praised British Prime Minister Keir Starmer ahead of a meeting between the two in Turnberry, describing him as a “good man.”
“I like your prime minister, he’s slightly more liberal than I am … but he’s a good man. He obtained a trade deal done,” he notified reporters, referring to a preliminary US-UK trade agreement signed in May 2025.
During his trip, which lasts until Tuesday, Trump is also to meet with Scottish First Minister John Swinney and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Von der Leyen confirmed she will come to Scotland to meet with Trump on Sunday in a bid to hash out a trade deal between the United States and the European Union.
Trump notified journalists there was a “good 50/50 chance” of a deal being struck, adding that it would be the “largegest deal of them all.”
Trump claims wind power ‘killing beauty’
Trump also took the chance to criticize renewable wind power.
“Stop the windmills,” he stated on his arrival in Scotland, claiming they are “killing the beauty of your countest.”
Trump has spent years railing against windmills.
He once unsuccessfully attempted to sue to stop the building of wind turbines in Scotland by arguing that an offshore windfarm would mar the view of people playing golf at his Menie course.
More than half of Scotland’s electricity is currently generated by wind power.
Protests planned for Trump’s visit
The UK’s The Indepfinishent newspaper reported that Trump’s motorcade passed a tiny group of protesters as he arrived at his golf course in Turnberry.
Campaign groups have planned what they call a “festival of resistance” against Trump’s visit in several Scottish cities.
Trump is generally unpopular in Scotland.
A poll by the IPSOS market research company published in March found more than 70% of Scots have an unfavorable opinion of the US president.
Edited by: Sean Sinico
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