Scotland First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Tuesday put an end to rumors thatPresident Donald Trump would visit his Turnberrygolf resort during President-elect Joe Biden'sinauguration .- Sturgeon said the country's national lockdown, which includes a prohibition on nonessential travel, applied to Trump.
- A Scottish newspaper reported on Sunday that a US military plane sometimes used by Trump was scheduled to arrive at an airport near Trump's Turnberry golf resort.
Rumors that President Donald Trump would take refuge at his Scottish golf resort during President-elect Joe Biden's January 20 inauguration were dashed by Scotland's leader on Tuesday.
First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said the US president wouldn't be permitted to visit the country, where he has owned a golf resort since 2014, because of its
"We are not allowing people to come into Scotland, and that would apply to him just as it applies to anybody else," Sturgeon told Scottish reporters on Tuesday. "And coming in to play golf is not what I would consider to be an essential purpose."
The Sunday Post first reported that Trump may be planning to escape the US later this month. A military plane the president occasionally uses is scheduled to arrive at the Glasgow Prestwick Airport near Trump's resort on January 19, the day before Biden's inauguration, the Scottish newspaper said.
White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said Trump had "no plans to travel to Scotland" after the White House first declined to comment on The Sunday Post's reporting. Trump planned to visit Turnberry after the 2016 election because he assumed he would lose the race to Hillary Clinton, The New York Times reported, citing former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci.
The president, who has refused to concede his election loss, hasn't said whether he'll attend Biden's inauguration or disclosed where he'll go once he's no longer president. NBC