Tuesday 5 January 2021

Will Trump be playing golf in Scotland on January 20?

Breaking news. Nicola Sturgeon, mighty though miniscule leader of Scotland, is taking on mighty but not miniscule Donald Trump. The President of the United States for another 24 days is rumoured to have put in a flight plan to fly to Prestwick airport near Glasgow in Scotland for January 19 in order to be on his Turnberry golf course while Joe Biden is proclaimed as the 46th POTUS by adoring Democrats at the Capitol inauguration ceremony. Nicola, a no-nonsense lady at the best of times, has made to clear that the arrival of Trump and golf bags in Scotland when the nation is in full lockdown will not be acceptable, welcome or legal. In other words, keep out, Trump, and be where you should be on January 20 which is at the Biden inauguration ceremony. Trump will be as welcome at the ceremony as he would be if he turned up at Prestwick but his duty as departing POTUS is to sit humbly and quietly behind Joe Biden while his successor gets all the glory. I realise it's a tricky decision to make. But if Trump is seriously contemplating turning up at Turnberry, he could find an even frostier reception awaits him. Could immigration reject his entry into Scotland? Would they dare? On January 19th he will still technically be president and I doubt his Secret Service detail will allow Scottish immigration officers to send Trump back to Washington. But they would be in their rights. Perhaps Nicola will stand in his way at the airport and in her clipped Scottish tones mastermind the unwelcome ceremony. It would be a memorable moment.

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