To date, one very fine course has been built along with a modest clubhouse and a major makeover for the Menie Estate mansion, McLeod House and Lodge, which can accommodate just 19 people, no residential properties, with 150 people currently employed, many on a seasonal basis.
As one respected American golf course reviewer put it, “We pulled into the parking lot, and I was kind of surprised with how, I suppose, unimpressive things were,” adding, “Don’t get me wrong, it was nice, with ornate lamp posts and a very quaint, small clubhouse, but this is Trump we’re talking about.”
Trump International Golf Links Scotland is like a Rolls Royce body without an engine or wheels or an authentic Rolex Daytona watch case without a mechanism, but ‘The Donald’ is sufficiently distracted, wealthy and cussed enough to take the heat, bide his time and make Scotland pay for disobeying his orders.
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