Trump visits Scottish golf stations while advancing the US trade agreement

President Donald Trump leaves for Scotland Friday for a five -day trip where he will check with his golf stations in Turnberry and Aberdeen, as well as with British Prime Minister Kier Starmer and the Scottish Head of Government, Prime Minister John Swinney.

Although it is not clear what dates he will meet the British leaders, a subject of conversation should be at the top of the list is the US trade agreement-UK.

The United Kingdom is one of the few countries with which the United States has advanced its trade agreements According to relatively friendly conditions, the signing of an agreement nicknamed “the economic prosperity agreement” last month, which agreed to reduce the prices.

The president of the time, Donald Trump, playing golf in his Trump Turnberry journey in southern Ayrshire during his visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (Images Andrew Milligan / PA via Getty Images)

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We do not know what details the pair Hachera, but according to Alan Mendoza, executive director of the Henry Jackson Society, a group of reflection on international affairs based in London, the June agreement was more a “leader”, essentially stating the intention of the two nations to go ahead with New commercial terms.

“Now we expect more details to be hammered and specific rates on various industries to specify,” Mendoza told Fox News Digital.

The White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also told journalists last week that Trump and Starmer will meet “to refine the great trade agreement that had been negotiated”, although the White House did not answer questions from Fox News Digital on what will be specifically discussed during the weekend.

“The United Kingdom is the only country to have concluded this agreement with the United States, reducing car export rates from 27.5% to 10%, saving hundreds of millions of million each year and protecting hundreds of thousands of jobs,” the British government said in a statement. “At the same time, the aerospace sector has experienced the abolition of 10% tariffs on goods such as engines and plane rooms, helping to make businesses such as Rolls Royce more competitive and allow them to continue to be at the forefront of innovation.”

Starmer defended his relationship with Trump in an interview with the BBC earlier this month and said that it was “in the national interest” that the two men get along.

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Keir Starmer, in the middle on the left, meets President Donald Trump, alongside Vice-President JD Vance, right and to the UK Foreign Affairs Secretary David Lammy, on the left, in the Oval Blank Office on February 27, 2025 in Washington, DC, DC, (Carl Court – Pool / Getty Images)

“We are different people, and we have different political history and political trends, but we have a good relationship and that comes from a certain number of places,” Starmer told BBC’s “political thought”. “I think I understand what anchors the president, what really cares for him.”

Apart from geopolitical talks, Trump should embark on a golf game in one of his journeys during the visit of his clubs, as he did in 2018 when he visited the Historic Golf Resort and Hotel in Turnberry.

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The British government has not answered questions from Fox News Digital Si Starmer should play alongside Trump at any time on his trip.

Scotland seems to have a particular meaning for Trump while his mother, Mary Anne Macleod Trump, was born and grew up in Scotland before moving to Queens, New York, and he dedicated his club to Aberdeen after allowing to break through in 2023 and appoint a course of 18 round Le Cours Macleod.

The presidential candidate of the time, Donald Trump, was welcomed upon his arrival in his golf course Turnberry, Turnberry, Scotland, June 24, 2016. (Reuters / CLODAGH KILCYNE / File photo)

It is also reported having created A commemorative garden to his mother at the complex.

Although his strong affection for Scotland has not always been reciprocal and Trump has already encountered demonstrations during his trip.

Scottish police have confirmed with Fox New Digital that “important” security precautions were taken before Trump’s visit, in particular by drawing additional forces from the entire United Kingdom to help the police effort.

“A police plan will be in place to maintain public security, balance peaceful protest duties and minimize disturbances,” said Emma Bond Deputy Chief, confirming that demonstrations are again expected.

President Donald Trump is playing a series of golf at Trump Turnberry Resort in the south of Ayrshire, where he and First Lady Melania Trump spend the weekend. (Images Andrew Milligan / PA via Getty Images)

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“The visit will require a major police operation using local, national and specialized resources from the whole of the police, supported by colleagues from other British police forces in the context of mutual aid agreements,” she added.

Trump will return to the United Kingdom in September for an official state visit, where he will meet King Charles III at the Château de Windsor.

The visit will mark the first time that the United Kingdom has invited an American president for a second state visit.