President Donald Trump isn’t one for mincing his words, and after his property in Scotland was damaged, he certainly hasn’t held back.
Last month, the POTUS’s 800-acre golf course, Trump Tunberry, in South Ayrshire, Scotland, was vandalised.
On 8 March, police were called to the course at about 4.40am, where they discovered the clubhouse had red paint sprayed on it, with some damage also caused to the greens, Sky News reports.
A man suspected of vandalism was arrested and appeared in court yesterday (31 March). Kieran Robson, 33, made no plea when appearing at Ayr Sheriff Court and was charged with malicious mischief.
Robson was released on bail pending a further court appearance, and Trump has been quick to offer his thoughts on the situation.
Trump’s golf course in Scotland was vandalised, with the president saying he hopes those responsible will be ‘treated harshly’ (Rob Carr/Getty Images)
Writing on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump shared: “I was just informed by Prime Minister Starmer of the United Kingdom, that they caught the terrorists who attacked the beautiful Turnberry, in Scotland.
“They did some serious damage, and will hopefully be treated harshly.”
He also added that three people ‘who did this are in prison’, although this was not confirmed by authorities.
Trump added: “You cannot let things like this attack happen, and I greatly appreciate the work of Prime Minister Starmer, and UK Law Enforcement.”
As well as Robson, a 75-year-old man and 66-year-old woman were also arrested last week as part of the investigation, however, they were later released pending further enquiries.
A Police Scotland spokesperson said at the time: “Enquiries are ongoing.”
According to a 2023 Scottish Government publication, malicious mischief is defined as the wilful, wanton and malicious destruction of, or damage to, the property of another.
Police found some red paint on the course’s clubhouse as well as some damages to the greens (Instagram/Trump Turnberry)
It goes on to say that the charge should only be recorded when ‘where widespread damage is caused, where the value of the damage is considerable, or where there is disruption of power supply, flooding or similar’, adding that there is no specific financial value where a possible crime would be recorded as malicious mischief instead of vandalism.
However, multiple thousands of pounds of alleged damage would be required for it to be classed as the former.
This comment from Trump comes after he said Vladimir Putin’s comments about Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, had left him ‘very angry’ and ‘p***ed off’.
In an phone interview with NBC News, he encouraged Putin to ‘do the right thing’ and threatened to introduce tariffs on Russian oil if they do not cooperate.
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