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Donald Trump arrives at the Old Course in St Andrews in 2006. Getty Images
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Then US President Donald Trump waves whilst playing a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort during his first official visit to the United Kingdom as President in 2018. Getty Images
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Eric Trump attends the opening Trump Turnberry's new golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, in 2017. Getty Images
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Donald Trump plays a round of golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course in Balmedie, Scotland, in 2012. Getty Images
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Donald Trump and Colin Montgomerie share a joke after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course. Getty Images
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Donald Trump, then the Republican Party Presidential candidate, visits his Scottish golf course in Turnberry in 2015. Getty Images
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Donald Trump is hit on the head with a balloon held by a member of public after an address to the Scottish Parliament in 2012. Getty Images
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Donald Trump stands in his ceremonial robes before receiving his honourary award of Doctor of Business Administration from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2010. Getty Images
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Donald Trump arrives at the Old Course in St Andrews in 2006. Getty Images
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Then US President Donald Trump waves whilst playing a round of golf at Trump Turnberry Luxury Collection Resort during his first official visit to the United Kingdom as President in 2018. Getty Images
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Eric Trump attends the opening Trump Turnberry's new golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, in 2017. Getty Images
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Donald Trump plays a round of golf after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course in Balmedie, Scotland, in 2012. Getty Images
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Donald Trump and Colin Montgomerie share a joke after the opening of The Trump International Golf Links Course. Getty Images
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Donald Trump, then the Republican Party Presidential candidate, visits his Scottish golf course in Turnberry in 2015. Getty Images
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Donald Trump is hit on the head with a balloon held by a member of public after an address to the Scottish Parliament in 2012. Getty Images
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Donald Trump stands in his ceremonial robes before receiving his honourary award of Doctor of Business Administration from Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 2010. Getty Images
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Donald Trump arrives at the Old Course in St Andrews in 2006. Getty Images
Scottish MSPs debate whether Trump's financing of golf resorts should be investigated
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