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Golf courses owned by United States President Donald Trump in Scotland are being scrutinized by security officials as potential “soft targets” by terrorist groups.
The London Times reports that the golf course could be targeted by groups who are intent at striking against the American government and Trump’s administration.
Trump owns the Trump Turnberry in Ayrshire and the Trump International Links in Aberdeenshire. Both have long been a part of his international portfolio of luxury properties.
The Times reports that the properties could be targeted for attacks or large protests if Trump proceeds with his plays of a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year.
The golf businesses are owned by Trump’s children. There are plans to open another one later this summer of the new Robert the Bruce course near Turnberry.
Terrorism experts told the Times the properties could be considered as security threats, but not nearly as high as some of his properties in other more unstable nations like the Trump Towers in Instanbul, Turkey.
“The Trump businesses are clearly at a higher risk and some extra security measures will be put into place,” former U.K. National Counter Terrorism Security Office Head Chris Phillips told the Times.
Tgriffin@express-news.net
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