Donald Trump says the Scottish are 'great, tough people' and 'good fighters' as he opens up about his mother and father after announcing opening of second golf course in Aberdeenshire By Emily Jane Davies Published: 19:49, 9 October 2024 | Updated: 20:31, 9 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments Former US president Donald Trump has declared the Scottish are 'great, tough people' and 'good fighters' while opening up about his mother and father. The American politician - who served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021 - is one of five children born to Fred Trump and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. His mother was a Scottish immigrant and she was just 18 when she first arrived in New York, travelling from the island of Lewis in search of domestic work.
Six years later, she married Fred and moved with him to a wealthy area of Queens, and became a US citizen in 1942 and passed away in 2000. Trump's father Fred was born in New York in 1905 as the son of German immigrants, and made his fortune by building affordable housing for middle-income families during and after World War Two and he died in 1999. The former president, 78, reconnected with his Scottish ancestry by owning two golf clubs in Aberdeenshire.
This week, he announced he is opening a second golf course, expanding a pre-existing one installed in 2012, by transforming a 18-hole resort into 'the greatest 36 holes on earth'. Speaking on Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh podcast, Trump spoke about his parents with fondness .
