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26 Jul, 2025
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US president Donald Trump arrives in Scotland for four-day visit
@Source: bbc.com
Quizzed on the latest developments with the Epstein files and Ghislaine Maxwell's interview with the Department of Justice, Trump said he had "really nothing to say about it". "A lot of people are asking me about pardons obviously - this is no time to be talking about pardons." He said the media was "making a very big thing out of something that's not a big thing". Earlier, Chancellor Rachel Reeves told reporters the US president's visit to Scotland was in the "national interest". Speaking during a visit to the Rolls-Royce factory, near Glasgow Airport, she said: "The work that our Prime Minister Keir Starmer has done in building that relationship with President Trump has meant that we were the first country in the world to secure a trade deal." Reeves added that it had a "tangible benefit" for people in Scotland, from the Scotch whisky industry to the defence sector." Swinney said his meeting with Trump would present an opportunity to "essentially speak out for Scotland" on issues such as trade and the increase of business from the United States in Scotland. The first minister said he would also raise "significant international issues" including "the awfulness of the situation in Gaza". And he urged those set to protest against the president's visit to do so "peacefully and to do so within the law".
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