Trump's visit to Scotland. The president announces: "We will do something great."

US President Donald Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday evening. His unofficial visit will last until Tuesday. It is Trump's first trip to the UK during his second presidential term.

Air Force One carrying the US president landed at Glasgow Prestwick Airport. A crowd gathered around the airport to watch the presidential plane land. A small number of Trump supporters also showed up with American flags.

"It's great to be in Scotland," Trump told reporters after getting off the plane. He said he would likely meet with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday. "We're going to do something great," he added. He lavished praise on the British Prime Minister. "He's a bit more liberal than me, but I like him," he admitted.

The Prime Minister's Downing Street office issued a statement saying that Starmer's meeting with Trump was scheduled for Monday, not as the president said on Saturday.

Asked about French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to recognize a Palestinian state, he replied: "What he does is fine. It's his business, not mine."

Journalists also asked about the Epstein files, to which Trump replied: "You're making a big deal out of something that's not a big deal at all." He emphasized that he was focused on making deals, not conspiracy theories.

The president repeated his earlier statement that he believes there is a 50% chance of concluding a trade agreement with the EU.

"I say two things to Europe... Stop the windmills. And when it comes to immigration, you need to get your act together, because you won't have Europe anymore," he said at the end of a press conference on the airport tarmac.

From the airport, the US leader travelled to the Ayrshire coast to the Trump Turnberry golf resort, which he owns.

Although the trip to Scotland is expected to be private, Trump will meet with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday to discuss transatlantic trade relations and how to maintain them.

According to previous reports, the meeting with the British Prime Minister will take place on Monday in Turnberry. The topic of discussion is expected to be the recently concluded trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom. Trump previously suggested that it could be approved during his visit to Scotland.

That same day, Trump and Stramer are scheduled to leave Turnberry for their second golf resort in Mena, Aberdeenshire, where they will open a new 18-hole course named after his mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born in Scotland on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides.

A few days ago, the government in Edinburgh confirmed that Scotland's First Minister, John Swinney, would also meet with the US president, but no date was given. Swinney said on Friday, before Trump's arrival, that his visit was a "landmark event" for Scotland. He announced that during the meeting with the president, he would raise the dire situation of the residents of the Gaza Strip.

The Stop Trump Coalition announced that anti-presidential demonstrations will take place this weekend in cities including Ayr, Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Edinburgh. The organizers of the demonstrations are calling Trump a "global tyrant," and many people are also expressing dissatisfaction with his support for the Israeli government in its war against the Palestinian Hamas.

Trump's security will be ensured by 5,000 British police officers and American Secret Service agents throughout his visit.

This is the first of two planned trips to the UK for Trump this year. The president will return to the UK from September 17-19, when he will arrive on an official state visit. Then, along with First Lady Melania, Trump will stay at Windsor Castle as a guest of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.

From London Marta Zabłocka (PAP)

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