Trump blasts 'one-sided' trade as he meets EU Commission president on 'biggest deal' while raging at windmills at his golf course in Scotland

Daily Mail​

18 hours ago

President Donald Trump inveighed against 'one-sided' trade with Europe as he sat down at his Turnberry golf course with the EU Commission president, while raging against windmills and saying there were prospects for reaching a deal imminently.
'It's been a very one-sided transaction – very unfair to the United States,' he complained as EU Commission Chair Ursula von der Leyen sat next to him, keeping her hands in her lap and her expressions muted.
'It's been a very very one-sided deal, and it shouldn't be,' Trump fumed. He said a deal, if it can be reached, would be the biggest deal 'ever struck by anybody.'
His attacks quickly changed to wind turbines he said obstructs the view from his Scottish golf course.
'It ruins the landscape it kills the birds. They're noisy,' Trump complained.
He said what he terms windmills in Massachusetts were 'driving them loco – driving them crazy.'
Today I'm playing the best course, I think, in the world: Turnberry ... And I look over the horizon and I see nine windmills. I say isn't that a shame,' he said.
On immigration, another tension point, Trump said: 'We've sealed our borders. We have nobody coming in ... I think they're going to end up in the same place. You might as well go there quicker.'
The two leaders sat in the Donald J. Trump ballroom – one Trump said he wishes he could simply drop down inside the White House, where he has plans for a new ballroom.
'It's a great honor. You know we just built this ballroom,' Trump told her.
The president is set to put some of the 'working' into his 'working trip' with a meeting set with
The meeting came after Trump spent a second day on his Turnberry golf course Sunday – after raging at rivals from Democrats to Beyonce overnight.
This time, he golfed just with his son Eric, despite touting a littany of big shots he said would be staying at his private course.
'We'll have numerous executives that we're meeting with – lot of them. We're going to be meeting with a lot of people. A lot of people will be staying at Turnberry,' Trump said after landing Friday night.
His aides are calling it a 'working visit' – although he has made time to play his course for two successive days.
There is a typically massive security footprint – including the rollout of a new armoured golf court after a phalanx of agents swept his course in search of potential security threats.
The last minute addition to his schedule has Trump going toe-to-toe with a top European leader days after he said there was a 'fifty-fifty' chance of reaching a trade deal.
If Trump wanted to send a message about what kind of contender she was dealing with, he posted a short video of himself swinging a driver at one of the tees on his Turnberry course.
Trump also put in plug by golf legend Gary Player, quoting him as saying 'Turnberry is, without a question, in the Top Five Greatest Golf Courses I've ever played in my 73 years as a pro.'
'Thank you, Gary!' Trump added.
Not all of his musings were upbeat – on a trip that Trump began by railing against wind turbines and illegal immigration.
Trump used his site to fire at Democrats about the 2024 election, after spending part of the week accusing President Barack Obama of 'treason' after his administration released declassified documents about Russian election interference intelligence assessments.
'I'm looking at the large amount of money owed by the Democrats, after the Presidential Election, and the fact that they admit to paying, probably illegally, $11 million to singer Beyoncé for an endorsement (she never sang, not one note, and left the stage to a booing and angry audience!), $3 million for 'expenses,' to Oprah, $600,000 to very low rated TV 'anchor,' Al Sharpton (a total lightweight!), and others to be named for doing, absolutely nothing!' he wrote, sprinkling in all-caps.
The Kamala Harris campaign has long denied paying for any endorsements. Oprah Winfrey has said she was 'not paid a time' to appear with Harris, although the campaign picked up production costs of the event. FEC filings show the Harris camp gave $165,000 to Beyonce's production company, Parkwood Prduction Media LLC,
Trump called it 'totally illegal to pay for an endorsement and added that 'Kamala, and all those that received endorsement money, broke the law,' again using all caps.