A pro-Palestine group has reportedly vandalised parts of Donald Trump's Turnberry golf resort in Scotland.Palestine Action posted photographs on social media showing red paint daubed across one of the buildings at the Ayrshire course. The photographs show the words "Gaza is not for sale" sprayed across one green, along with a damaged lamppost at the resort owned by the Trump Organisation.
Additional pictures from Turnberry, Scotland, show sweary insults sprayed across the plush estate where buildings have been smeared in red paint. Several of the course's most prestigious holes were dug up by protest group Palestine Action, and expletive-laden insults are also shown to be sprayed across tarmac areas of the plush golf course.
This comes after Trump sparked fury by promoting a bizarre vision for what his 'Riviera of the Middle East' - where he laid out his plans to 'take over' the Gaza Strip and turn it into a gaudy tourist resort.He proposed taking ownership of the Gaza Strip and redeveloping it, after saying earlier that Palestinians should move out of the region.
Trump made the comments after meeting with the Israeli leader at the White House, who responded by saying the idea is "worth paying attention to". The president later posted an AI video of what Gaza might look like under his proposals.
Trump's proposal was however met with global criticism by both lawmakers and analysts who fear the plan would forcibly displace Gaza's population of two million, while US critics wondered if the President's vision would plunge the nation into the potentially bloody role of occupying power.
Speaking on social media, the group threatened that Trump should be aware that his property is within reach while he attempts to treat Gaza as his property.
Turnberry is widely rated as one of the top five golf courses in the world, having hosted The Open Championship four times, including in 1977 when Tom Watson beat Jack Nicklaus in what famously became known as the "Duel In The Sun".
The Turnberry resort underwent a massive refurbishment after it was bought from a Dubai-based company in 2014, becaming the organisation's second golf resort in Scotland. Trump International Golf Links opened north of Aberdeen in 2012, after years of controversy. The president has been a regular visitor to Scotland over the years and last month was invited to meet King Charles at Balmoral.
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