President Donald Trump is set to travel to Scotland in the coming weeks as part of his ongoing efforts to finalize trade deals ahead of an Aug. 1 deadline. This visit will include meetings with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to refine the U.S.-UK trade agreement and visits to his Trump golf courses in Turnberry and Aberdeen.
Trump’s comments on social media highlight his belief in the positive impact of his administration on the U.S. economy. He noted that six months into his second term, the country is experiencing significant growth and is being hailed as one of the most respected in the world. Additionally, he is pursuing the release of grand jury transcripts related to the Jeffrey Epstein case, a development that has sparked controversy and debate.
During his trip, Trump will also participate in an official state visit to the United Kingdom, marking an unprecedented second state visit for a re-elected president. The UK’s monarch typically does not invite a U.S. president for a second state visit if they are re-elected to office, opting for more intimate meetings such as tea or lunch, making Trump’s second state visit unprecedented.
Scotland holds a special place in Trump’s life, as his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, was born and raised in Scotland before moving to Queens, New York. The Trump Organization purchased the historic golf resort and hotel at Turnberry in 2014, and the Aberdeen golf club in 2012, which is set to open a new course next month. Trump traveled to the same golf courses in July 2018 under his first administration.
A 90-day pause on tariffs was set to end July 9, after Trump first announced reciprocal tariffs on foreign nations in April. The administration announced earlier this month that foreign nations now face an Aug. 1 deadline or face higher tariffs. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told the media on Sunday that the next two weeks will showcase Trump delivering on his vow to roll out trade deals favorable to the U.S. economy.
“The next two weeks are going to be weeks for the record books. President Trump is going to deliver for the American people,” Lutnick said on CBS’ “Face the Nation.” He added, “They’re going to love the deals that President Trump and I are doing. I mean, they’re just going to love them. You know, the president figured out the right answer, and sent letters to these countries, said this is going to fix the trade deficit. This will go a long way to fixing the trade deficit, and that’s gotten these countries to the table and they’re going to open their markets or they’re going to pay the tariff. And if they open their markets, the opportunity for Americans to export, to grow the business, farmers, ranchers, fishermen, this is going to be…” he continued before remarking the next two weeks would be ones “for the record books.”
Trump directed Attorney General Pam Bondi last week to release grand jury transcripts in the case of Jeffrey Epstein after a memo released earlier this month concluded that there is “no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals,” or kept a “client list” of such individuals after years of Trump surrogates vowing to reveal the Epstein’s alleged secrets. Longtime conservatives and supporters of Trump subsequently slammed the memo, and sounded off on social media that Epstein won’t “go away.”
“Based on the ridiculous amount of publicity given to Jeffrey Epstein, I have asked Attorney General Pam Bondi to produce any and all pertinent Grand Testimony, subject to Court approval,” Trump wrote on Truth Social late Thursday last week. “This SCAM, perpetuated by the Democrats, should end, right now!” It is unclear if Bondi could convince a judge to release the grand jury testimony, but the Department of Justice reported on Friday that it formally moved to unseal long-secret grand jury transcripts.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche submitted the motion in Manhattan federal court, urging a judge to release the transcripts from Epstein’s 2019 grand jury proceedings and those from the prosecution of Epstein’s convicted associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, as part of a new transparency push by the department. Epstein was a notorious predator who pleaded guilty to procuring underage girls for prostitution in 2008, before he was arrested in 2019 on new federal charges of sex trafficking minors and conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minors. He was found dead in his New York City jail cell in 2019 of suicide, according to Trump officials.
Fox News Digital’s Bradford Betz and Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report.