Former president Donald Trump, who's going through court docket motion within the US, is about to reach in Scotland later right now. 

The 76-year-old's personal aircraft is anticipated to land at Aberdeen airport forward of a go to to his golf resort on the close by Menie Estate - which opened in 2012.

Trump officers haven't revealed how lengthy he'll keep or whether or not he'll go to his different luxurious Scottish course at Turnberry in South Ayrshire.

It is the primary time the previous commander-in-chief, who has ancestral hyperlinks to the Scottish Western Isles, has visited the UK since 2019.

The journey comes after he turned the primary US president in historical past to face a felony trial.

He pleaded not responsible to prices of falsifying enterprise data to cover damaging info forward of the 2016 presidential election.

The claims centre round obvious hush cash to grownup movie star, Stormy Daniels.

Mr Trump, who describes his Scottish golf programs as among the finest on the planet, beforehand visited Scotland in 2018 whereas president.

Air Force One touched down at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire, sparking a significant safety operation.

There had been main protests, together with by a Greenpeace activist who paraglided over managed airspace.

Mr Trump traces his roots again to the Isle of Lewis within the Outer Hebrides.

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His mom, Mary Anne Trump, nee MacLeod, lived within the small village of Tong earlier than leaving for the US in 1930, aged 18.

There, she married Fred Trump, and Donald is one among their 5 youngsters.

On Monday morning, journalists - together with Sky News - had been invited to assemble on the tarmac at Aberdeen International Airport forward of Mr Trump's fanfare arrival.

In November final yr, Mr Trump introduced he's working for president once more in 2024.

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This go to to Aberdeenshire comes after the most-recent revealed monetary accounts reveals loses of £4.4m in 2021 throughout Trump's Scottish enterprise operations.

The Menie Estate was nearly £700,000 within the pink whereas Turnberry suffered losses of greater than £3.7m.

It is broadly anticipated he will even cease off in Ireland, the place he's understood to be touchdown at Shannon Airport on 3 May.

He will keep at his Trump International Hotel & Golf Links on the outskirts of Doonbeg in County Clare.

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