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Trump Touts His Scottish, Irish Golf Courses in Twitter Repost
Promotes advertisement to run during upcoming Open coverageCritics say hyping courses, other assets is unconstitutional
Donald Trump provided some free advertising for his golf courses in Scotland and Ireland on Saturday by highlighting a television commercial scheduled to run during next week’s Open Championship.
The president retweeted to his 62 million Twitter followers a post from the Trump Organization about what it termed the “Trump Triangle” -- courses in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and in Doonbeg, Ireland.
“Three of the most spectacular courses in the world @TrumpGolf,” the Trump Organization tweeted on Friday. “Tune into @GolfChannel next week during @TheOpen to catch our latest commercial.”
Trump’s tweet linked to a 30-second ad for the courses, in which a narrator invites viewers to “visit Trumpgolf.com today to book your ultimate links tour.”
Link to tweet
U.K. filings in August showed that Trump’s two Scottish courses posted a combined loss of 4.6 million pounds ($6.1 million) in 2017. At the time, the Trump Organization had pumped more than 150 million pounds into the courses without turning a profit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-13/trump-touts-his-scottish-irish-golf-courses-in-twitter-repost
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