Donald Trump has appeared to question Theresa May's Brexit strategy, asking whether it is really what people who voted to leave the European Union want. The US president said in a press conference at Nato that it appeared Britain was trying to get "at least partially" get back involved with Brussels. However, after claiming victory over his defence spending demands, he said it was up to the UK what path to take for Brexit talks and was not for him as US president to dictate. Mr Trump also waved away protests that will feature during his visit to Britain, which starts on Thursday afternoon and comes as Mrs May pushes for a post-Brexit trade deal with America. He said: "I think that [the British] people like me a lot and agree with me on immigration. I think that’s why they voted for Brexit." Mr Trump added: "I am going to a pretty hot spot right now with a lot of resignations." Video: Trump - Britons 'agree with me on immigration' … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s visit to UK
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Donald Trump’s failed attempts to buy landmark St Andrews hotel
Donald Trump spent more than three years trying to establish a “landmark” hotel at the world-famous home of golf, making at least four failed offers for one of Scotland’s showpiece properties, a Scotland on Sunday investigation can reveal. The US president and his children held high-level talks with senior Scottish banking executives to try and take over Hamilton Hall in St Andrews, one of the most prized venues in world golf, which is now home to some of Scotland’s most expensive properties. However, Trump was repeatedly rebuffed in his attempts to secure financing for what would have been his first international hotel venture. The 71-year-old offered to pay as much as £23m to secure the grand 19th century building overlooking the Old Course’s 18th green. But he insisted on receiving a mortgage and loan totalling £38m, a deal financiers deemed “too risky.” One Bank of Scotland executive who met the property magnate at Trump Tower … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s failed attempts to buy landmark St Andrews hotel
Donald Trump Jr is in high political demand – for now
Donald Trump Jr is a man under pressure, but also in fierce demand. To sworn enemies of Trump World he is at the centre of everything objectionable – from alleged election campaign collusion with Russia and the Trump Organization’s pursuit of global wealth to aggressive trolling of liberals on social media. But, in a parallel political universe, there are the millions of Americans who love him. And, away from the firestorm that is the ongoing Robert Mueller Russia investigation, the president’s eldest son is building a considerable conservative fanbase. This constituency sees him as an authentic figure with a political future – assuming he can get out from under the Mueller probe. He is also becoming an effective political fundraiser with the support of wealthy loyalist friends like fellow son of a billionaire Tommy Hicks Jr. And America’s millions of hunters and shooters adore him on social media and regularly exhort him to run in 2024. Now he is … [Read more...] about Donald Trump Jr is in high political demand – for now
Michael Cohen: Trump’s personal lawyer is trying to stop use of evidence seized in FBI raid
President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen is trying to prevent the government from using materials found in FBI raids of his office and residence. Michael Cohen is seeking a temporary restraining order regarding FBI raids on his home, office, and hotel room that took place earlier this week, a Justice Department spokesman said. Monday's raids followed a referral by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who for nearly a year has been looking into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow as part of a wider investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. At a hearing in the US District Court in Manhattan, Judge Kimba Wood said Mr Cohen's lawyers had asked on Thursday night to “take the first cut at identifying documents that are relevant or not relevant” to the investigation. Read more Trump's allies concerned Cohen's private recordings seized during raid Lawyers for Mr Cohen told the the … [Read more...] about Michael Cohen: Trump’s personal lawyer is trying to stop use of evidence seized in FBI raid
Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course hidden fees highlight how companies are screwing us over all the time
Donald Trump versus Simon Calder. There was only ever likely to be one winner. Thanks to The Independent’s indefatigable travel correspondent the £20 “resort fee” that Trump’s Scottish golf course, Turnberry, had attempted to impose on its guests has been pretty swiftly removed by its managers. Simon’s hand was doubtless strengthened by the fact that such concealed-but-compulsory charges for things like wi-fi, swimming pool access, in-room coffee machines etc are actually illegal here in the UK. And long may it remain so. This is one kind of American import against which we should resist as vigorously as Trump himself seeks to repel Chinese steel and Mexican-made cars. A report commissioned by the outgoing Obama administration in 2016 notes that such sneaky fees in the American hospitality industry extorted more than $2bn (£1.4bn) out of Americans in 2015. Despite only being introduced in the late 1990s such fees have metastasised … [Read more...] about Donald Trump’s Scottish golf course hidden fees highlight how companies are screwing us over all the time