According to the Scottish Newspaper Sunday Post , Prestwick Airport in the east of Scotland has been notified of the arrival of the Boeing 757 sometimes used by the outgoing American president for the 19 January – the day before the inauguration at the White House of his successor, the Democrat Joe Biden .
Intense activity
Fueling speculation on a possible visit, the newspaper cites an intense activity on this airport of planes of the American army, which would have carried out a mission of reconnaissance at the Trump Turnberry, one of the two golf complexes that the Republican owns in Scotland. Contacted by AFP, Prestwick Airport however affirmed via a spokesperson “not to wait for a visit from Donald Trump in January”
Asked about this during a press conference, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she had “no idea of Donald Trump’s travel plans ”, except that she“ hopes his immediate plan is to leave the White House. ”
Essential travel?
“But we do allow for the time is not for people to come to Scotland, except for essential trips, ”she recalled, while the British province on Monday tightened the conditions of her confinement. “It applies to him as it does to anyone else,” the Prime Minister warned, “And coming to golf is a reason I wouldn’t consider essential.”
Speculation is rife on what Donald Trump will do, who still refuses to recognize his defeat , for the inauguration of Joe Biden on 19 January. If he didn’t go to the ceremony in Washington, he would be breaking with a tradition dating back over a century. The Turnberry golf resort has so far not responded to AFP’s requests.
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