Business promotion and politics par for Trump's golf tour
ABERDEENSHIRE, Scotland (AP) — Donald Trump moved from hole to hole on his wind-swept Scotland golf course Saturday, not a club in hand but promotion on his mind, extolling North Sea views that are among "the great sights of the world."
[...] when the abbreviated tour of Trump International Golf Links ended at the clubhouse, Trump ditched the pack of reporters trampling on his fairways, hopped into the driver's seat of a golf cart and gave media mogul Rupert Murdoch and wife Jerry Hall a ride around the property.
While the timing of the trip was not linked to Thursday's referendum, the U.K.'s surprising vote dominated the questioning of the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president.
When pressed about the stock market drop that has caused Americans to fret about retirement plans and savings, Trump suggested that Wall Street was actually worried about President Barack Obama's economic policies and the U.S. debt.
Trump, in a speech this month, added a new element, saying he favors suspending immigration from parts of the world where there is proven history of terrorism against the U.S. and its allies.
On Saturday, he said it "wouldn't bother me" if a Muslim from Scotland tried to enter the U.S. Then, he suggested to reporters that "strong vetting," and not a ban, would be an essential part of his immigration policy.
The scene outside Aberdeen, a day after Trump reopened a course on Scotland's opposite coast, again highlighted the unprecedented co-mingling between the candidate's business and campaign, as well as his ability to create a made-for-TV spectacle.