Opens controversial Scottish golf course amid protests

Trump formally opened his Menie Estate golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, hitting the ceremonial first ball while flanked by bagpipers. The opening was met with protests from environmentalists and local residents who had opposed the project for years due to its destruction of protected sand dunes and Trump's aggressive bullying of neighbors who refused to sell their land.

"It is the greatest golf course anywhere in the world." — Trump boasting about the Menie Estate course at its opening, July 10, 2012