GOLF/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Donald Trump’s flagship golf resort in Scotland has lost millions of dollars for a fourth year in a row. His Turnberry resort on the Irish Sea lost 3.4 million pounds ($4.4 million dollars at current exchange rates) in 2017, despite opening a new course and refurbished hotel, according to a report from Britain’s Companies House. The losses add to the woes of a Scottish golf business that has faced a backlash from anti-Trump protesters and has tussled for years with regulators and environmentalists. The losses, however, are significantly smaller than last year’s. The resort was closed for six months in 2016 while a hotel and grounds were being refurbished. Results for Trump’s second Scottish golf resort near Aberdeen on the North Sea haven’t been released yet.”
–The Associated Press, “Trump’s Flagship Scottish Resort Lost Millions Last Year,” The New York Times online, October 4, 2018