Donald Trump’s son at Eric Bute House meets Swine
First minister John Swine has met Eric, son of US President Donald Trump, at the Bute House in Edinburgh.
Eric Trump is a senior executive in his father’s business – Trump Organization – who owns golf resorts in Irshire and Aberdeenshire.
The meeting took place on tea and biscuits and is believed to have lasted for about 50 minutes.
The first minister said that he does not think it would be appropriate for Donald Trump to offer a second state trip in Britain.
It is believed that Eric Trump first flew at Edinburgh Airport on Thursday.
A second golf course is about to open in Trump Aberdeenshire in this summer.
Prime Minister Sir Kir Stmper used an American visit to present Donald Trump earlier this month to discuss the logistics of another state travel while offering an initial meeting in Scotland.
American presidents of the second period are traditionally not offered state visits and instead have been invited to Windsor Castle with the emperor for tea or lunch instead.
Raja invited President Trump to meet him at Balmoral or Damfrees House – both are near Trump Resorts.
The next day the US President held a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi, which spirals in a fierce performance.
Trump accused Zelancesi of “gambling with World War 3” and along with Vice President JD Vance, he demanded that he shows more gratitude for years of US support.
The Ukrainian President pushed back to suggestions from his more powerful partners that he should work hard to agree with Vladimir Putin. He replied that he was “derogatory”.
Several SNP MPs have criticized the Prime Minister’s relations with Trump on social media, including the party’s Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, who said the stormer “better withdraw his knees and cancels that proposal to travel to the state”.
Taking a different tone from colleagues, Swine said he welcomed the role to take the Prime Minister and he supported him to try to find a way through a difficult situation.
But he said that he could not see that if Trump “was not a firm ally for us in protecting the future of Ukraine, a state trip could move forward.
Swine has earlier stated that he would use Trump’s affinity for Scotland in a dialect, which to avoid tariffs being applied to imports in the US, especially on Scotch Whiskey.
He publicly supported Harris, Democratic candidate in the 2024 presidential election.
But he interacted with the new President in December and said that Trump was later eager to “express his enthusiasm for Scotland”.
