The leaders will meet at Trump's Ayrshire golf resort a day after the US president struck a new trade deal with the EU.

ANTI-Trump rallies across Scotland are now underway as the US President teed off at his Turnberry course this morning. Angry campaigners are listening to speeches and waving creative signs in

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will hold talks with US president Donald Trump in Scotland today as protesters hope to take part in a noisy demonstration nearby.

Turnberry resort has been transformed into an “American prison”, complete with high fencing and “sniper towers”, for Donald Trump’s visit.

The US President is in Scotland for a four-day private visit, which includes the opening of a second golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort.

Donald Trump is about to fly into the UK, not on a state visit or diplomatic mission but something that to his mind is almost as important, if not more so. He is visiting the golf courses he owns in Aberdeenshire and at Turnberry on Scotland’s west coast.

In his first State of the R&A press conference since taking over the CEO role late last year, Mark Darbon fielded questions about the viability of at least three highly regarded courses – Turnberry, Muirfield and Portmarneck – with an open date on the calendar looming.

A deal was struck after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen met with the US President at his golf resort in South Ayrshire.