Overview

• More than 5,000 police and security personnel conducted searches, enforced road closures and deployed sniffer dogs and snipers around the Turnberry course.
• Protests organized by the Stop Trump Coalition swelled in Edinburgh and Aberdeen under a “festival of resistance” banner to denounce his policies.
• Upon arrival, Trump reiterated his hardline stance by warning Europeans to “get [their] act together” on immigration and urging Scotland to halt wind turbines he said mar the landscape.
• He is set to meet European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday, then hold talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer alongside Scottish First Minister John Swinney on Monday to advance trade agreements.
• White House officials have called the visit a “working trip,” but a HuffPost analysis estimates it will cost U.S. taxpayers over $10 million and intensify scrutiny of conflicts between his business holdings and presidential duties.