Trump stalls Aberdeenshire vote to keep compulsory purchase threat alive

Hours before Aberdeenshire’s infrastructure committee could vote, Trump International asked officials to withhold their report so councillors could not decide whether to initiate compulsory purchase orders against Menie residents. Councillor Martin Ford told BBC Scotland the delay was “a bullying tactic,” while Donald Trump Jr. claimed the holdouts had already been offered premiums and should make room for his father’s private resort.

"a bullying tactic,"