Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned Donald Trump on Tuesday.
The confinement in force in the British nation, where he has golf courses, does not allow him to go there, after press information on a possible visit at the end of his mandate.
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According to the Scottish Sunday Post newspaper, Prestwick Airport in eastern Scotland has been notified of the arrival of the Boeing 757 sometimes used by the outgoing US President for January 19 - the day before nomination to the White House of his successor, Democrat Joe Biden.
Fueling speculation about a possible visit, the newspaper cites intense activity at this airport by US military planes, which allegedly carried out a reconnaissance mission at Trump Turnberry, one of the two golf resorts the Republican owns in Scotland.
Contacted by AFP, Prestwick airport however affirmed via a spokesperson "
do not wait for a visit from Donald Trump in January
".
Asked about this during a press conference, Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she had "
no idea of Donald Trump's travel plans
", except that she "
hopes that his project in the immediate future is to leave the White House
”.
"
But we do not allow people to come to Scotland for the moment, except for essential trips
," she recalled, as the British province tightened the conditions of its confinement on Monday.
"
It applies to him as it does to anyone else,
" the Prime Minister warned, "
and coming to play golf is a reason I wouldn't consider essential
."
Speculation is rife on what Donald Trump, who still refuses to admit defeat, will do for Joe Biden's nomination on January 20.
If he didn't go to the ceremony in Washington, he would be breaking with a tradition that is more than a century old.
With more than 75,000 dead, the United Kingdom is one of the countries in Europe most bereaved by Covid-19 and the trend has worsened in recent weeks, due to a new, more contagious variant of the virus.