Trump not allowed Scottish golf trip to avoid Biden's inauguration, Sturgeon warns

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Trump Not Allowed Scottish Golf Trip To Avoid Biden's Inauguration, Sturgeon Warns
Donald Trump on the golf course, © PA Archive/PA Images
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By Tom Eden, PA Scotland

Donald Trump would not be allowed to visit Scotland to play golf during Joe Biden’s inauguration, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

The US President, who was overwhelmingly defeated in November’s election, is reportedly considering travelling to his Turnberry golf resort to avoid Mr Biden being sworn into office.

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But Scotland’s First Minister stressed it is illegal to travel in or out of the country without a valid reason and said: “Coming to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose.”

The White House has repeatedly refused to say what the outgoing president will do when Mr Biden is inaugurated on January 20th, prompting speculation about whether Mr Trump will attend the ceremony.

But Prestwick Airport in Scotland has been told to expect the arrival of a US military Boeing 757 aircraft previously used by Mr Trump on January 19th, according to the Sunday Post.

I hope... the travel plan... that he has is to exit the White House

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Asked about speculation that Mr Trump could travel to Scotland in order to avoid the inauguration, Ms Sturgeon said: “I have no idea what Donald Trump’s travel plans are, you’ll be glad to know.

“I hope and expect that – as everybody expects, not everybody necessarily will hope – that the travel plan immediately that he has is to exit the White House.

“But beyond that I don’t know.

“We are not allowing people to come in to Scotland without an essential purpose right now and that would apply to him, just as it applies to anybody else.

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“Coming to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose.”

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