Donald Trump flies into Scotland later to visit two golf resorts which he owns in the country where his mother was born.
He will travel to Turnberry in South Ayrshire, a world-class venue he bought in 2014, and to Menie in Aberdeenshire to open a new 18-hole course.
The White House says Trump will also meet Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to discuss trade while he is in the UK.
The trip is exceptional as US presidents rarely promote their personal interests so publicly while in office.
It is not the first time that Trump has been accused of something his own affairs with the nation’s.
Even so, with Gaza and Ukraine in flames, the dollar on the slide and questions mounting about his ties to convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s decision to focus on golf has raised eyebrows.
I witnessed Trump’s unconventional attitude first hand right at the start of his political career when I met him on the campaign trail in 2015. The Republicans were searching for a candidate who could win back the presidency after Barack Obama’s two terms in office.
Trump strode off the debate stage in a glitzy Las Vegas hotel and into a room packed with cameras.
Jostling for position, I asked the man with the long red tie a couple of questions and, after boasting about his status as frontrunner in the race, he told me he had a message for the UK.
This will make news, I thought. Maybe something about immigration, Trump’s signature campaign topic?
It was not. Instead Trump wanted BBC viewers to know that he had some fine golf courses on Scotland’s shores which they should visit.
The answer struck me as remarkable for a man aspiring to become the so-called leader of the free world.
