Donald Trump's Aberdeenshire golf resort ‘EVACUATED' over ‘ongoing emergency incident'
Staff members were overheard talking about a potential suspicious device being spotted in a search zone at the golf course in Menie.
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Cops, security staff and visitors to Trump International have been evacuated to
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It sparked a slow evacuation with G4S staff, in charge of airport-style security at the entrance, scores of cops, and reporters and VIPs being repeatedly asked to move further away from the course.
Large police vans have blocked the main road past the course in the last half hour amid rumours of a bomb squad swoop.
A plain-clothed US operative with an earpiece was heard saying that a "bunch of liquid" was being examined, and that a substance was being tested in the venue.
Police Scotland has been contacted for comment.
It comes on as Mr
Trump
officially opened a new golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort, saying he would play a quick round before returning to Washington to "put out fires all over the world".
The US
president
teed off at The New Course in Menie in front of a crowd including golfers, the Scottish First Minister and the
Scottish Labour
leader.
Mr Trump also made reference to late
James Bond
actor Sir
Sean Connery
's reported support for his golf resort - even attempting to recreate the actor's voice.
Just before hitting the first ball at the New Course, the US president told those gathered on a grandstand: "We started with a beautiful piece of land, but we made it much more beautiful.
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"The area has really welcomed us. If you remember at the beginning there wasn't quite a welcome, but it wasn't bad.
"But with time they liked us more and more, now they
love
us and we love them."
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Mr Trump added: "I look forward to playing it today.
"We'll play it very quickly and then I go back to DC and we put out fires all over the world.
"We did one yesterday - you know we stopped the
war
. We've stopped about five wars.
"That's much more important than playing golf. As much as I like it, it's much more important."
Mr Trump will head back to the US later on Tuesday on Air Force One, as his Scottish visit comes to a close.
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