Watch: Trump attempts Scottish accent while telling debunked tale
Donald Trump rolled out an attempt at a Scottish brogue Tuesday as he gave an impression of James Bond legend Sean Connery during the ribbon-cutting ceremony for his newest golf course.
The president was hawking his new Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire when he launched into an attempt at a Scottish accent, complete with a tale about the late actor's supposed intervention on his behalf — the accuracy of which is widely questioned.
"I just want to thank everybody. This has been an unbelievable development. The land, they said, couldn't get zoned, it was an impossibility," Trump began before deploying his accent.
"And Sean Connery said: 'Let the bloody bloke build his golf course.' Once he said that, everything came into line."
Trump's story has been thoroughly debunked by people who actually know what happened.
Martin Ford, the Aberdeenshire councillor who chaired the planning committee that initially shot down Trump's application for the golf course, didn't mince words when he torched the former president's fantasy just days after Connery's death in 2020.
"Mr Connery was not involved in the due process that led to the granting of planning permission," Ford told the GuardianGuardian.
Trump has been in Scotland through the weekend, visiting his properties while meeting with European leaders.
Watch the video at this link, courtesy of GB News.