Who would have thought that con man and moron Donald "Rump" Trump, who's gone bankrupt several times and can't get U.S. banks to loan to him as a result, would flop in Scotland, too? Probably most people. According to papers filed with the UK government and reported by the Associated Press, Rump has lost $23 million over the past three years of declining revenue at two of his resorts in Scotland. His international image of a reckless, angry know-nothing has apparently washed over into his branded properties. His bullying of local residents during the development of his resort at Turnberry hasn't set well with the Scots, either:
"Much of the anger toward Trump in Scotland is centered around his resort outside Aberdeen overlooking the North Sea coast and its famed sand dunes stretching into the distance. Called the Trump International Golf Links, it is here that a local fisherman became a national hero of sorts for refusing a $690,000 offer from Trump for his land and where footage was shot for a documentary on Trump’s fights with the residents, called 'Tripping Up Trump.'”There's more:
"When Trump visited his North Sea resort in June last year, two local residents ran Mexican flags up a pole in protest against the then-candidate’s immigration policies. It was a snub that came just after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled unanimously against Trump’s efforts to stop the wind farm, a Scottish government decision to strip him of his title as business ambassador for Scotland and the revocation of an honorary degree from Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University....In July, the CEO of a major sponsor of the Scottish Open was quoted in a local newspaper casting doubt on Trump’s chances of hosting the event."As Rump's toxic racist and unhinged persona taints (yes) his enterprises, more people will be taking their business and pleasure elsewhere.
(photo: Unfit in so many ways.)
