Reuters: U.S. pays Trump’s Scotland golf resort $77,000 ahead of visit

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government paid more than $77,000 (58,750 pounds) to President Trump’s Scottish golf resort ahead of his stay there last weekend, according to federal spending records, indicating that Trump’s official visit to Europe likely generated revenue for his business empire. …

“This is part of a pattern with this president of really doing everything he can to disgrace the office of the presidency by promoting his own private business interests,” said Stephen Spaulding, a lawyer with the public interest group Common Cause.