Donald Trump’s third foreign trip as president is a sentimental journey to open a golf course named for his mother at a northern outpost of his sprawling business empire – with some pressure tactics thrown in.
The president heads to the UK Friday to golf with world pros, take stock of the seaside dunes that line his new course – and try to score a dream that would bring an infusion of attention and cash to his most acclaimed Scottish golf course.
For Trump, 79, whose business empire has grown to include media ventures, meme coins, NFTs, and signed collectibles, golf has always been a more tangible pursuit.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach who has golfed with Trump, says the president's attachment to the details of the game and the business was evident on a recent outing.
‘I’ve been with him on his courses playing golf – he takes those little flags and puts them. He said, “I’m going to put 300 palm trees on this course,"’ Tuberville told the Daily Mail.
