US paid Trump’s Scottish resort for VIP hotel stays: report

The following article by Max Greenwood was posted on the Hill website May 12, 2018:

 

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President Trump‘s flagship golf club in Scotland received thousands of dollars from the U.S. government for VIP hotel stays, Scottish newspaper The Scotsman reported.

The payments amounted to more than £5,600 — about $7,600 — and marks the first known instance that one of the president’s Scottish properties has received U.S. government money.

According to purchase orders obtained by The Scotsman, the U.S. initially paid Trump’s Turnberry resort $10,113. About two weeks later, $2,444 was returned to the State Department from the company. Continue reading “US paid Trump’s Scottish resort for VIP hotel stays: report”