Trump uses press conference with Starmer to boost his golf business

Scotland’s first minister criticised over talks to provide public funding for US president’s resort as it hosts Nexo championship

Donald Trump has delivered a rambling exposition on his “opulent and beautiful” golf resort at Turnberry as he continued to mix granular business interests and international diplomacy on his five-day trip to Scotland.

The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, looked on in apparent discomfort during Monday’s joint press conference as Trump answered a question initially pitched about the expense of refurbishing the Federal Reserve’s historic building with a lengthy detour about the maintenance on his luxury golfresort.

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