Donald Trump humiliated as bagpipes drown out key speech in Scotland
Donald Trump was drowned out as he attempted to deliver an important speech alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with a bagpiper playing loudly over his press spray on Monday morning.
The moment came as the U.S. president met with his British counterpart at one of his golf courses in Scotland. The pair was slated to discuss the recent trade deal they signed just last month.
Trump met Starmer to much fanfare at the golf course, with the prime minister rolling up in his motorcade and exiting to blasting bagpipes. He and his wife, Victoria, greeted Trump on the front steps of the clubhouse, then began to speak — but the bagpipes drowned them out for several minutes while Trump attempted to deliver his speech.
The rest of the president's trip involved visiting his many golf courses around Scotland, including one near Aberdeen that his family is slated to open next month.
Critics have argued that the overseas trip — which includes Trump's entourage of advisers, White House and support staffers and Secret Service agents as well as the pool of reporters who cover Trump — is a prime example of Trump blending his presidential duties with promoting his family's business.
The White House called the trip a working visit — the president has previously suggested that his golf course in Scotland "furthers" the U.S.-U.K. relationship. Trump is slated to embark on a formal state trip to the U.K. later this year.
The meeting between both leaders took place at Trump's golf property near Turnberry in southwestern Scotland. Trump was slated to visit Aberdeen later in the day.
Starmer was slated to attempt to center the conversation on urgent global matters and curb Trump's golf chatter as much as possible. Israel and its war in Gaza were expected to be one of the main topics of conversation as Starmer planned to urge Trump to allow more aid to flow into the war-torn region.
He was expected to call for an end to "the unspeakable suffering and starvation" in the territory and push for a ceasefire in the conflict.
Trade was also expected to dominate the conversation, however, as the two leaders were set to discuss the trade deal they signed last month.
The deal slashed tariffs on U.K. auto and aerospace industry imports — but discussions were still scheduled at the time to discuss how they'll handle steel production.
Trump said the deal is "a fair deal for both" and is slated to "produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income." Starmer called it "a very good day for both our countries — a real sign of strength."
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