What Donald Trump will do for his last day as President of the United States remains a mystery cleverly maintained by the first concerned.
Two Scottish newspapers,
The Herald
and The
Sunday Post,
believe they know that an official plane the US president has flown in the past is expected to fly to Scotland the day before Joe Biden's inauguration, scheduled for January 20.
It did not take more to revive speculation.
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Donald Trump still stands by his refusal to accept his defeat in the presidential election on November 3.
The outgoing president only said he would not attend the official handover ceremony, and a lingering rumor is that he may announce his candidacy for 2024 aboard Air Force One on the occasion. .
According to the
Sunday Post
, Prestwick Airport in Scotland, near Trump's Turnberry Golf Resort, has been warned that it should expect to welcome a U.S. military Boeing 757 on January 19 that has previously been used by Trump in the past.
Speculation was fueled by sightings of US military surveillance planes circling Turnberry for a week in November, suggesting prior scouting work.
“It's usually a sign that Trump is going to be out there for an extended period of time,”
the
Post
said
, citing an anonymous source.
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The 757 is a smaller aircraft than the Boeing 747-200B which are generally the official aircraft of the Air Force One fleet.
It is used more often by the Vice President and First Lady, Melania Trump, than by the President.
There was no immediate response to requests for comment from the White House or Prestwick Airport.
Leaving the country before officially leaving office would in any case be unprecedented for an American president.