Trump to meet Starmer at Turnberry golf resort

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has arrived at Turnberry for a meeting with Donald Trump.

Trump appeared at the front door of Turnberry to greet the Prime Minister and his wife as he arrived at approximately 12.40pm. 

Starmer travelled to Scotland to meet the US President on day three of his Scotland visit on Monday morning.

It is understood that he will discuss Washington’s work with partners in Qatar and Egypt during his talks with Trump and seek to determine what more can be done to urgently bring about a ceasefire.

They will also discuss the recently agreed US-UK trade deal and the war in Ukraine.

After their meeting, the world leaders will travel on together for a further private engagement in Aberdeenshire.

The US President will then travel to his second resort, Trump International Golf Links on the Menie Estate.

The meeting comes after Trump briefly met European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen at his Turnberry golf course in Ayrshire on Sunday.

They agreed to a trade deal setting a 15% tariff on most European Union goods. Trump said it was the “biggest deal ever made”.

Trump landed at Prestwick Airport on Friday evening for a five-day visit to Scotland and was seen playing golf at his resort over the weekend – on what has been described as a working holiday.

Sir Keir will travel to Scotland to meet the president at Turnberry before a planned press conference.

It is understood that he will discuss Washington’s work with partners in Qatar and Egypt during his talks with Trump and seek to determine what more can be done to urgently bring about a ceasefire.

They will also discuss the recently agreed US-UK trade deal and the war in Ukraine.

After their meeting, the world leaders will travel on together for a further private engagement in Aberdeen.

The US President is then set to travel to his second resort Trump International Golf Links on the Menie Estate.

Former Aberdeenshire councillor Debra Storr was arrested on Friday near the Trump International Golf Links in Menie in connection with abusive behaviour. The 65-year-old has been released on an undertaking to appear at court at a later date.

A “festival of resistance” is set to be held near the Aberdeenshire golf course on Monday afternoon.

Organisers of the protest at The White Horse Inn, in Balmedie, said they object to the golf course receiving £180,000 of public funding for the Nexo Championship next month.

Alena Ivanova of Stop Trump Scotland said: “This message is to Donald Trump but also our elected leaders preparing to meet him: there is no place for Trumpism in Scotland.

“They need to stand up to him instead of kowtowing to this bully – including by handing over hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayer money for a golf tournament hosted at Trump International even while he attempts to bully us with tariffs.”

Hundreds of protesters gathered in both Edinburgh and Aberdeen on Saturday to voice their opposition to Trump’s visit.

A man was arrested after a disturbance on board a flight bound for Glasgow on Sunday. A video being investigated by counter-terrorism police appears to show a man on an aircraft shouting “death to America, death to Trump”.

A 50-year-old woman was issued with a recorded police warning in connection with alleged threatening behaviour at a Stop Trump Scotland protest outside the US consulate in Edinburgh on Saturday.

A 20-year-old man was also arrested at Prestwick Airport on Friday for abusive behaviour.

Trump will visit the UK again in September for an unprecedented second state visit.

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