Well, What Exactly Did You Scots Expect?
That Donald Trump is
somewhat of a fraud as a developer (and in other ways too) is not a secret. But apparently
it was to Scotland which gave Mr. Trump the go ahead for a big golf course
development despite the dubious claims of economic advantages and the fact that
the development would destroy environmentally sensitive lands.
The American entrepreneur Donald Trump has failed to
deliver on pledges to create thousands of jobs through a supposed billion-pound
investment that were key to planning approval for his hugely controversial
Scottish golf resort, an investigation has found.
By his own admission, Mr Trump has created no more than
200 of his promised 6,000 jobs and is thought to have spent just £25m on the
scheme while bulldozing environmentally sensitive areas of the Scottish coast,
according to a new analysis of the scheme’s finances.
Gee, who possibly could have expected this? Well everyone really. And just to add insult to injury Mr. Trump
has tried, but apparently so far failed to derail a clean energy project in Scotland .
But Mr Trump says the reason the development has stalled is the
prospect of 11 offshore wind turbines being built within sight of his golf
courses. He claims Mr Salmond had assured him such a scheme would not go ahead
– he has since labelled Mr Salmond “Mad Alex” and launched legal action to
prevent the wind farm being built.
Oh the horror!!
Wealthy golfers having to gaze upon clean energy wind farms while they
spend thousands each day to play golf in a resort in a country that has gained
little in economic development for several decades. As for Mr. Trump himself,
Mr Trump’s failure so far to deliver his vision does not appear
to have harmed his own interests. It is believed the planning permissions for
the land have helped boost the value of his Scottish estate, bought for £7m, by
at least £100m.
Ok, everybody learned their lesson here.
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