Five issues Donald Trump raised speaking to journalists after Scotland arrival
Donald Trump spent around five minutes speaking to journalists after arriving in Scotland this evening.
The US President waved to supporters who had gathered outside the airport before heading down the stairs onto the tarmac at Prestwick Airport after the Air Force One flight touched down at around 8.28pm on Friday.
The 79-year-old was greeted by US Ambassador Warren Stephens and Scottish Secretary Ian Murray before he spoke to media.
Trump was pressed on a number of issues during the short briefing with reporter.
He then left the airport in his motorcade at about 8.50pm on Friday, bound for his golf course at Turnberry on the west coast of Scotland, south of Ayr.
Here are the five main issues discussed by Trump.
Plans for the trip
Trump is expected to meet Keir Starmer in South Ayrshire in the coming days before they then both travel to Aberdeenshire, where the President will formally open a new golf course at his Menie Estate.
Speaking to reporters at Prestwick Airport in Scotland, the US president said: "It's wonderful to be here in Scotland. We are going to be meeting with the Prime Minister tomorrow or the next day and we are going to do some great things."We have numerous executives that we are going to be meeting with. We are going to be meeting with a lot of people. We will be staying in Turnberry and then going to Aberdeen, which is the oil capital of Europe actually."
Keir Starmer
Trump only had glowing words for Sir Keir Starmer ahead of their meeting.
He said: 'I like your Prime Minister, he's slightly more liberal than I am – as you probably heard – but he's a good man. He got a trade deal done.
'You know, they've been working on this deal for 12 years, he got it done – that's a good deal, it's a good deal for the UK.
'I'll be seeing him tomorrow, I guess tomorrow evening'.
Ghislaine Maxwell
Trump was also asked about Ghislaine Maxwell - and the Epstein files - telling reporters: "I really have no... really nothing to say about it.
"She is being talked to by a very smart man, by a very good man, Todd Blanch.
"And, I don't know anything about the conversation. I haven't really been following it.
"A lot of people are asking me about a pardon.
"Obviously, this is no time to be talking about pardons.
"This is just not a time to be talking about pardons. Todd will come back with whatever he's got."
Immigration
Trump said that European countries need to 'get your act together' on migration.
He said: "I mean, there's a couple of things I could say, but on immigration, you'd better get your act together or you're not going to have Europe anymore."
Trump also claimed that illegal migration was an 'invasion' which was 'killing Europe'.
Speaking to reporters at Prestwick Airport in Scotland, the US president said: 'Last month, we (the United States) had nobody entering our country. Nobody. Shut it down. And we took out a lot of bad people that got there with (former US president Joe) Biden.
'Biden was a total stiff, and what he allowed to happen…. but you're allowing it to happen to your countries, and you've got to stop this horrible invasion that's happening to Europe; many countries in Europe.
'Some people, some leaders, have not let it happen, and they're not getting the proper credit they should.
'I could name them to you right now, but I'm not going to embarrass the other ones.
'But stop: this immigration is killing Europe.'
Windmills
Trump also once again criticised windfarms as I spoke to reporters.
The US president said: 'Stop the windmills. You're ruining your countries. I really mean it, it's so sad.
'You fly over and you see these windmills all over the place, ruining your beautiful fields and valleys and killing your birds, and if they're stuck in the ocean, ruining your oceans.
'Stop the windmills."
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