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Protester Disrupts Trump Speech with Swastika-Painted Golf Balls

HeadlineJun 24, 2016

Meanwhile, presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump has arrived in Scotland today, where he faces a barrage of protests and a boycott by a series of politicians, including Scotland’s first minister. Trump held a press conference this morning at the Trump Turnberry golf resort. As U.S. networks switched to play his sales pitch live, a young man wearing a Trump Turnberry sweater stood up holding up red golf balls with Nazi swastikas, saying, “These are the new balls available from the clubhouse, part of the new Trump Turnberry range.”

Protester: “These are the new balls available from the clubhouse, part of the new Trump Turnberry range. And I forgot to hand them out. Ah, that’s that comedian, isn’t it? What’s his name?”

Donald Trump: “Get him out.”

Donald Trump also praised the outcome of the Brexit vote, saying British people had “taken back their country.” In fact, Scotland overwhelmingly voted to stay in the European Union. Despite the fact that Trump arrived in Scotland only hours after one of the most significant developments in modern British history, the goal of his trip is not political, but rather to visit his two golf courses. One of the courses, north of Aberdeen, has lost millions of dollars and has attracted no major tournaments. Trump had once pledged it would create 6,000 jobs, but it currently only employs 150 people.

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