Talk about a blithering, bloviating, buffoon (shall we add in batshit? Yes, let’s do) that’s what landed in his ancestral home of Glascow, Scotland. The Scots hate this man. In fact, they carry around placards calling him the C-word, because in the British Isles that word doesn’t mean precisely what it does in the United States. In America the C-word is exclusively applied to disparage a woman, in the UK it’s used for both genders and basically means an incredible screw up and low life. Trump spoke to the press in his usual sing song voice that he employs when he’s completely winging it, and free associating. Nothing he said made any sense but he wasn’t there to make sense. He’s unraveling at an alarming rate and so you get what you get from this guy.
Now in case you’re wondering, Trump isn’t in Scotland for any diplomatic reasons, he’s there to pimp his golf courses, especially the new one that he’s opening. Oh, and by the way, you and I are picking up the tab.
The White House has shared few details about Trump’s upcoming “private” trip, which starts on Friday and runs through 29 July. The secrecy is deliberate – to avoid questions and criticism of a presidential visit that is mainly focused on promoting Trump’s business interests. As of Tuesday, three days before Trump’s expected arrival in Scotland, the US administration still had not shared the president’s itinerary with the Scottish police force, which is bracing for protests in several cities.
Most coverage of Trump’s trip has focused on the fact that the White House decided to ban Wall Street Journal reporters from the press pool that will travel with the president, in retaliation for the outlet’s recent report connecting Trump to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. But few media outlets have asked why Trump is visiting Scotland in the first place, especially since the White House is planning another, more elaborate state visit to the UK in September, when Trump will be hosted by King Charles.
When Trump’s aides finally confirmed his Scotland trip last week, they focused on his plans to meet with Keir Starmer, the UK prime minister, and John Swinney, Scotland’s first minister. Not surprisingly, the White House downplayed the fact that Trump will spend most of his time visiting his own golf courses – and holding those few official meetings at his properties. Trump is also expected to open a new golf course at his resort along Scotland’s North Sea coast, near Aberdeen, naming it in honor of his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. The Trump Organization is already advertising the new 18-hole course, which is supposed to open to the public next month, as the “greatest 36 holes in golf”, alongside an original course that opened in 2012.
It’s the latest example of Trump exploiting the presidency to promote his business interests, with little outrage or resistance from Congress, the news industry and the rest of the political establishment in Washington. With an obedient Congress led by Republicans who fear Trump’s wrath and a supreme court ruling that gave the president broad immunity for official acts, Trump is more emboldened than ever. And while previous US presidents and their families have profited from their time in power, Trump has taken presidential graft to another level.
That’s Trump’s true achievement in the past six months, grifting and grafting like has never been seen before. That’s his “success.” That’s what history will record. All of the former scandals of Hoovervilles, Teapot Dome, the Dust Bowl, you name it, will be eclipsed by Trump’s “greatest presidency in history,” phase two of which is still in its infancy.
What’s next, him putting the contents of Fort Knox in a pillowcase? You know Mike Lindell will be there to hold it for him.
Meanwhile, Trump will continue throughout Scotland, talking to the Scots like they’re MAGAs and using the same talking points as if he were conducting rallies. He’s gone. The next four days will only serve to underscore that assessment.
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Why did the Brits ALLOW this felon to enter the country at all? Especially as the purpose is NOT diplomatic?