Posted on 04/18/2016 5:03:31 PM PDT by John W
Almost a decade ago, Donald Trump promised to build the world’s greatest golf course, in Aberdeen, Scotland. The course, Trump International Golf Links, was opened in 2012, no thanks to some windmills and a rebellious farmer, but a Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel report that will air Tuesday night on HBO shows just how much Scotland came to despise Trump over the course of the ordeal.
Basically, Trump, in all his bluster, promised massive job creation and beautiful development and expansive investment and (from the Scottish perspective, at least) fell short on all fronts, making far more enemies than friends along the way.
The Real Sports clip features some brutal quotes from Al Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland, including this exchange with reporter Bernie Goldberg:
What’s his image in Scotland today?
Oh, dreadful. Sub-zero. Donald couldn’t get elected the dog-catcher.
That dog-catcher line is particularly funny since that is in fact one of Donald’s go-to insults.
Salmond also says Trump “didn’t deliver or come anywhere near delivering on the promises he made” and that “Just about the last person I would want to see in the White House is Donald Trump.”
Goldberg sums up Trump’s interaction with the Scots like this:
After a decade of dealing with Trump, Salmond and a lot of other Scots say they made a mistake. That they were seduced by Trump’s promises. That he talked big but didn’t deliver. Not on the jobs he promised or the billions he said he’d invest. And on top of that, he came to be known as a brash, loud-mouthed bully.
Is any of that shocking? Maybe not. But at least now we know with certainty that if Trump’s campaign to be U.S. president falls flat, he will not be able to take refuge in Scotland.
Must run in their blood.
“Donald Trump is the son of a Scotswoman. His mother, Mary Anne MacLeod was from the hebridean Island of Lewis, off the west coast of Scotland, from where she emigrated to America and met and married Frederick Trump, of German origin.”
https://www.scottishroots.com/people/donald.php
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/11/donald-trump-irish-golf-scotland-windfarm#comments
http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/13806500.Trump_s___2_million_losses_at_Scottish_golf_courses/
http://www.npr.org/2012/08/02/157609870/in-the-scottish-dunes-its-david-versus-the-donald
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/11/donald-trump-irish-golf-scotland-windfarm
>If it isn’t gold and shiny, DT doesn’t want to see it.
Windfarms are both ugly and useless. Source: I grew up near one of the first large windfarms built in the US.
I doubt it...
From Golf Advisor 2014
http://www.golfadvisor.com/articles/top-10-scotland-golf-courses-14605.htm
My top 10 favorite golf courses in Scotland
There’s no golf vacation quite like one to Scotland. It’s my favorite place to play the game in the world, and I’ve been fortunate to make the trip five times.
Before presenting my Top 10, a disclaimer: I’ve played 38 courses in Scotland, but a select few top-ranked ones have proved elusive — Western Gailes, Muirfield, Trump Scotland & Royal Troon — so they don’t make it on the list even though I’m sure they’d warrant great consideration. Other fine clubs, such as British Open Championship host Carnoustie, Royal Aberdeen, Prestwick and The Renaissance Club, are on the outside looking in.
Here is my Scotland top 10, which spans from the Mull of Kintyre up to the Highlands and, of course, St. Andrews.
1. Old Course in St. Andrews
2. North Berwick (West Links)
3. Royal Dornoch
4. Kingsbarns Golf Links
5. Cruden Bay
6. Machrihanish (Old)
7. Castle Stuart
8. Ailsa at Turnberry
9. King’s Course at Gleneagles
10. Gullane No. 1
The greatest golf course in the world didn’t even make this guy’s top 10.
You’re a Cruzlim jihadi
Quit lying
You’re not a mullah in the Cruzlim religion like 2DV is.....you’re more the guy who drives the little Nissan truck yelling allah akbar and blowing dust snot from his nose
Calm yourself, that was uncalled for.
I’m terribly sorry, but did you say something?
What’s the matter can’t have differences of opinion here
You guys post crap all day from liberal rags then deal with the pushback
Uncalled for?
Lady that train left the station pretty much when Cruz sided with George Soros in Chicago and allied with the GOPe to deny Trump by any means
It’s fight back time
If it’s too hot then just stay out the way
The real question is how many jobs did DT say his greatest golf course would create.
“He wants to build to two links golf courses, a five star hotel, a “spectacular” clubhouse, a conference centre and spa, 950 holiday homes, 500 private houses and accommodation for 400 staff.”
“By his own admission, Mr Trump has created no more than 200 of his promised 6,000 jobs and is thought to have spent just £25m on the scheme while bulldozing environmentally sensitive areas of the Scottish coast, according to a new analysis of the scheme’s finances.”
He does tend to exaggerate a bit, eh?
http://boisestatepublicradio.org/post/anti-trump-voices-grow-louder-after-scotland-development-rift
Let me guess?
You were with Jim back during Homing Pigeon days and now you’re back but forget your 1997 nick
Right?
You’re not really a Cruz hack who just signed up 3 weeks ago
Go read my posts, I’m 100% pro Trump.
Ok I’m sorry
I apologize to you specifically
Wait, there are Freepers here who believe the site has been infiltrated to divide us. Think about it.
I read other threads and post threads on other topics (usually military) so just scroll down thru the crud. I get more info on Facebook now than here. Used to be vice-versa. That reminds me, I have to check and see if anyone posted about the VA shredding vets records. :)
talking about the homes he blocked. Wind farms SUCK. I doubt the windfarms were a spur of the moment thing. Maybe he should have looked into what was planned by the government before he built the course?
HBO goes PALIN on TRUMP!
Shocker!
Plus, Bernie Goldberg (the Trump hater) gets to star in the slimebag production!
As opposed to....the Trump hack that signed up 3 weeks ago?
ROTFLMAO.
“By his own admission, Mr Trump has created no more than 200 of his promised 6,000 jobs and is thought to have spent just £25m on the scheme while bulldozing environmentally sensitive areas of the Scottish coast, according to a new analysis of the scheme’s finances.”
He does tend to exaggerate a bit, eh?
Hey its a golf course not a toxic waste dump. How environmentally hazardous is grass?
There are paid hacks on this forum
I’m a Trump guy
I don’t care about his hacks
That’s like asking Franklin Graham if he’s worried if Rabbi Shulmeister served gefiltefish or schmaltz herring
I’m only concerned with Cruzlim trolls
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