PeterRS Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago 20 years ago when Trump had decided he would build a links golf course north of the Scottish city of Aberdeen, he was going to do it come hell or high water. He promised the authorities US$1 bilion in investment that would include not only the course but a 450 room hotel 850 holiday villa apartments, 36 golf villas and 500 hundred houses for sale. Many hundreds of new jobs would be created. Alhough the local council threw out the appication on the grounds of potential environmental damage, Trump persuaded many politicians to overturn that decision given the economic benefits the course would bring. Apart from the hotel, none of the other investments materialised. In the latest set of accounts, the book value of the investments is US$45 million and there are just 81 employees. The courses (a second one was later added) have never shown a profit. But to the stink of corruption around the acquisition is now added the stink of sewage emanating from the site. The site has its own treatment plant for sewage before it is released back into the ground. Documents released by the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency and an investigative journalist group show that contamination levels have breached regulations 14 times since 2019 including 4 times last year. "The agency categorised eight of the 14 incidents as “upper tier”, which it describes as “extreme events which have the potential to cause immediate and serious environmental harm” and can trigger enforcement action." Trump's comment? Well, who would have guessed? For a man who sues at every turn - Silence! https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-68069245 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/17/trump-golf-course-in-scotland-accused-of-breaching-sewage-limits Quote
