DONALD Trump has arrived in Scotland as he begins his four-day private trip to the country.
The US president touched down at Prestwick Airport at 8:30pm, greeted by Scottish Secretary Ian Murray.
He will then head over to his Turnberry golf course in South Ayrshire.
Later on in the trip, Trump is expected to also visit his Menie golf course in Aberdeenshire before opening up a new course dedicated to his Scottish mother, who grew up on the Isle of Lewis.
His presence will result in a significant operation from Police Scotland and thousands of officers, who are expected to deal with mass protests around his golf courses and major Scottish cities.
The US president will meet with both Prime Minister Keir Starmer and First Minister John Swinney.
Speaking to reporters before he left for Scotland, Trump said he is “looking forward” to meeting the “Scottish leader”.
He added that he has a “lot of love” for Scotland and that Swinney is a “good man”.
Speaking to the PA news agency ahead of the visit, the First Minister said the meeting will be “an opportunity to “essentially speak out for Scotland” on international issues such as Gaza, as well as trade and the increase of business from the United States in Scotland.
“There are clearly also significant international issues upon which the people of Scotland have a view and want to have that view expressed by their First Minister,” he said.
“That relates to the awfulness of the situation in Gaza and the unbearable human suffering that is going on in Gaza.
“I want to make sure that those concerns and those views are expressed to the president of the United States.
“We have that opportunity, and I intend to take that opportunity to make sure that Scotland’s voice is heard.”
Swinney also urged all of those set to protest against the president’s visit to do so “peacefully and to do so within the law”.
Meanwhile, Trump said he was going to have dinner at Turnberry with Starmer and “then we’re going to go to the oil capital of Europe, which is Aberdeen”.
He added: “We’re going to have a good time. I think the Prime Minister and I get along very well.”
Trump also indicated that he and Starmer could potentially “approve” the US-UK trade deal.
The US president said: “We’re going to be talking about the trade deal that we made and maybe even approve it.”
