DONALD Trump's Scottish cousin opened up about his time with the president-elect. Alasdair Murray is one of the US politician 's closest allies across the pond. 2 Trump's cousin Alasdair Murray opened up about his time with the politician Credit: Les Gallagher - The Sun Glasgow He is one of four family members who still live near Stornoway after Trump 's mother left the island in 1930 for a new life in New York .

The Scots relative hailed his famous cousin and branded him ' nice enough'. According to The Times , he said: "[Trump's mum] was a lovely person. Deep down I'm sure he is as well.

“[His mother] was just like the locals here, she still spoke the Gaelic, she spoke Gaelic as well as the day she left here. READ MORE DONALD TRUMP PHARMAGEDDON Trump's health chief pick wipes billions off value of Brit medicine-makers X-LUSIVE CLUB How Musk & Trump would transform golf from Cybertruck buggies to play on Mars “For all the time I spoke to him, he was all right, he was nice enough.” It comes after Trump won a crushing victory over incumbent vice president Kamala Harris after battleground swing states voted Republican and delivered him to the White House .

Elsewhere Trump’s firm has paid £660,000 for five houses near one of his Scots golf courses. The US presidential candidate, 78, snapped up five properties at Menie, Aberdeenshire . Most read in The Scottish Sun STORM OFF Rangers star caught up in abandoned match as players suddenly WALK OFF pitch SCOTLAND 1 CROATIA 0.