Trump golf course environmental claims ‘laughable’, campaigners say (www.standard.co.uk)

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Campaigners have described as “laughable” the environmental credentials of Donald Trump’s new links golf course, which is set to open in Aberdeenshire in 2025.

Trump International has billed the new 18-hole championship links near Balmedie as “one of the most environmentally-friendly and sustainable courses ever built”.

The company said “virtually all the materials” used in the construction of the new course – named MacLeod after Mr Trump’s Lewis-born mother – were locally sourced and that it had a sustainable irrigation system.

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[-] Baggins@feddit.uk 7 points 1 month ago

Lying grifting bastard.

It's never just 'sustainable' or just basic is it? It's always the best, or most or bigliest.

[-] astrsk@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

I thought climate change wasn’t real, boys?

[-] JimmyChanga@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I don't know anything any this second course other than it is being built over the old area of scientific interest, that building his first course there killed. Not sure who he paid off, cause none of the homes or other facilities they promised to get the first course done came to light.

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