Tariffs but also expropriated land and broken promises: Trump lands in Scotland greeted by protests

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, accompanied by his son Ericc, landed in Scotland and arrived at his golf course in Turnberry, Ayrshire, where he will spend his five-day stay in the UK playing golf and taking part in a series of official meetings with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, and the British Premier Keir Starmer, whose central theme will be tariffs.

Meanwhile, the 'Stop Trump' association has announced demonstrations in many Scottish cities from Edinburgh, near the US consulate, to Aberdeen. 'People have exposed him and he is not welcome here,' Han Beyt tells the Guardian. Beyts, a local resident, took part in one of the first local town debates in 2006 to try to block the plans of then tycoon Donald Trump, who was determined to raze 'an ecologically rare, legally protected site' to build his first resort in Scotland.

Before the arrival of Trump and his luxurious golf clubs, 'I used to take my kids to play there, it was a spectacular place, there were dunes and nature trails, butterflies and wildflowers', explained the woman, who added: 'I am still disgusted by what Trump did to this place and now by what he is doing to the rest of the world'. After a bitter and protracted dispute with locals and environmentalists, who fought to save the dunes and surrounding homes, Trump finally obtained permission to build 'the world's largest golf course'. At the time, he promised a billion-pound resort, including golf courses, luxury residences and timeshare flats, which would bring 'development and job opportunities' for the local community, Trump promised.

His attitude was one of arrogance and conceit: 'I'll do what I want', Trump said," David Milne, one of the locals who refused to hand over their land to the American president, told the Guardian. Milne is alleged to have tried twice to buy his house in order to expand his golf club, calling Milne's property an 'open-air slum'. After the man's refusal, there was also an attempt to obtain a compulsory purchase order.

"People are shocked that this trip is being described as a private visit, yet the country is burdening itself with a huge security cost. Why are we paying for this? ', Milne asks, commenting on the resources invested by Scotland for the maxi deployment of police forces, planned to ensure Trump's security and to respond to the waves of protests expected across the country.