EDINBURGH: Donald Trump is meeting Sunday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, taking a break from golfing in Scotland to discuss trade as both sides seek an agreement on tariff rates now that the White House’s deadline to impose stiff tariff rates is looming. Trump played golf Saturday at his course in Turnberry on the southwest coast of Scotland and is expected to hit the links again frequently during his five-day visit. On Tuesday, he’ll be in Aberdeen, in northeast Scotland, where his family has another golf course and is opening a third next month.

His private visit is exceptional as US presidents rarely promote their personal interests so publicly while in office.

The U.S. president is due to visit Trump-owned golf courses in Scotland and meet informally with the British prime minister over the U.S.-U.K. trade deal.

European Commission chief heads for US president’s Scottish golf course