Donald Trump hails 'beautiful' Scotland as he fires warning to Europe over immigration
Donald Trump has hailed "incredible, beautiful" Scotland as the US President welcomed Keir Starmer for talks at Turnberry today.
But the US President wasted no time in firing a warning to other European leaders over immigration. Speaking to reporters on the steps of his five star hotel in South Ayrshire, Trump pointed to the Prime Minister's 'very strong stand on immigration'.
Sir Keir said he was 'very pleased' to have signed an agreement to return people. Mr Trump told reporters: 'My mother was born in Scotland, and it's an incredible place, a beautiful place.
'And if that be the case, I congratulate you. […] Because, you know Europe is going to is a much different place than it was just five years ago, 10 years ago.
'They've got to get their act together. If they don't, you're not going to have Europe anymore, as you know it, and you can't do that. This is a magnificent part of the world, and you cannot ruin it.
'You cannot let people come in here illegally. And what happens is, there'll be murderers, there'll be drug dealers, there'll be all sorts of things that other countries don't want, and they send them to you, and they send them to us, and you've got to stop them.
'And I hear that you've taken a very strong stand on immigration.'
The Republican leader also suggested he would reduce the 50-day deadline for Russia to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine.
The US President told reporters he was 'very disappointed' with Vladimir Putin. He said: 'We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever.
'You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that's not the way to do it. So we'll see what happens with that.'
He added: 'We're going to have to look and I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number, because I think I already know the answer, what's going to happen.'
Asked about tariffs on Scotland's world famous whisky industry, he could be heard saying: 'We'll talk about that, I didn't know whisky was a problem. I'm not a big whisky drinker but maybe I should be.'
And he said of the special relationship: 'Our relationship is unparalleled.'
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