Overview

• Trump’s security detail has deployed a specially modified Polaris Ranger XP as an armoured escort during his rounds at Trump Turnberry.
• Experts identified the buggy’s reinforced windscreen and tinted panels as full armouring, reflecting protocols adopted after two 2024 assassination attempts.
• A viral video appears to show Trump’s caddie dropping a ball into light rough ahead of the president’s shot, reviving claims from Rick Reilly’s Commander in Cheat.
• The hashtag “commander in cheat” trended on social media with users satirising the clip, while some golfers defended the drop as a standard relief procedure.
• No formal comment has been issued by the White House on the cheating allegations, even as Trump presses on with EU tariff talks, resort ribbon-cuttings and intensive security patrols.