Losses at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course almost double

Losses at Donald Trump’s Aberdeenshire golf course almost doubled in the last year, according to new figures.

The former US president’s course, on the Menie Estate in Balmedie, near Aberdeen, lost £1.4m in the period up to 31 December last year, despite a £4.8m loan from his company, DJT Holdings.

Trump’s sons Eric and Donald Jr are directors of the course, which lost £738,000 the previous year, while he is registered as a “person with significant control”.

Plans for a second course at the estate, named the MacLeod Course after Trump’s Isle of Lewis-born mother Mary, were announced last month.