Donald Trump returned to the White House as US president this week, but the last time he was in office he appeared at several British football grounds during Covid.
Well, it actually wasn’t D Fans of various teams put the face of Donald Trump, the 45th American president, on cardboard cutouts to fill empty seats during less-crowded matches. He was seen though Exeter, Wigan and Hibs, and even made part of a Hamilton Asis kebab campaign.
But when there is no evidence Played as goalkeeper for Wolves youth team There is certainly a possibility that he could have had a different impact on British football 50 years later, in the mid-1960s.
Donald Trump pulled out of deal to save Rangers from liquidation
Trump could make a real appearance in Scotland in 2012, as reports suggest he is investigating the possibility of buying Rangers During their financial crisis. Trump’s mother was born near Stornoway in the Outer Hebrides and her son showed his affection for Scotland through the controversial development of the Trump International Golf Links course in Aberdeenshire in 2012 (before buying Turnbury Golf Club in 2014).
In 2012 he deemed Rangers’ situation too dire for a takeover, which at least made the extra gaffer. Ally McCoist From working for TV’s most trigger-happy boss.
“We took a serious look and walked away,” a Trump source said. “It didn’t make any sense to us, even though they are a great club.”
Three years later, in 2015, Trump was reported to be part of a group to buy Colombian outfit Atlético Nacional, partnering with Italian real-estate mogul Alessandro Proto, who previously claimed to be the inspiration for the main character. Fifty Shades of Grey.
“We were evaluating a number of teams, we thought National was the best,” said a spokesman for the group, who asked not to be named.
In the end they were told that AtlĂ©tico were not for sale, perhaps because the club feared that Trump was a threat to Nacional’s security.