President Trump opened a new 18-hole course at Menie and had a quick round of golf before leaving for Lossiemouth on the presidential helicopter Marine Force. He then departed for the US on Air Force One. He said he was returning to Washington DC to "put out fires all over the world". "We've stopped about five wars. That's much more important than playing golf," he said. During his visit, a major security operation has been under way in South Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire. Dozens of officers were drafted in from other UK forces support Police Scotland and road closures and diversions were put in place, along with security checkpoints. Hundreds of protesters gathered in Aberdeen and Edinburgh however Trump supporters also greeted the president. Donald Trump will return to the UK in September for a state visit, when he will stay with the King at Windsor Castle.