Critics argue Trump’s trip is a blatant example of blending presidential duties with promoting his family’s business interests.

President Donald Trump will travel to Scotland on Friday to visit both his Turnberry and Aberdeen golf properties.

Donald Trump will touch down in Scotland today, as he kicks off a five-day visit, with police from around the UK coming to support the security operation. It comes as the US president faces growing pressure back home to release the Epstein files.

The Journal reported that the president sent Jeffrey Epstein a birthday card in 2003 with a drawing of a naked woman.

When the White House took control of the so-called “press pool” that accompanies the president, journalists worried that the Trump administration would use that power to punish news outlets.

The president sued the publication last week, accusing it of defamation for an article about his ties to the disgraced former financier Jeffrey Epstein.

The White House is banning The Wall Street Journal from traveling with President Trump during an upcoming trip to Scotland over the outlet’s reporting on the president’s alleged relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.