Former United States president Donald Trump has spoken of the recent controversy surrounding Nicola Sturgeon, saying it is "too bad to hear what’s happened to her".
Mr Trump is visiting his golf resorts in Scotland and Ireland and played a round at his Trump Turnberry resort in Ayrshire today (Wednesday, May 3).
He arrived in Scotland on his private jet on Monday to cut a ribbon at a ceremony to break ground for a second course at his Menie Estate golf resort near Aberdeen. It will be named the MacLeod course - dedicated to his late mother, Mary Anne MacLeod, who was born on Lewis in the Western Isles before emigrating to the US.
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The former president then flew to Prestwick Airport and travelled to Turnberry on Tuesday, where staff lined the steps and waved hats which said "we make Turnberry great again" to greet him.
Speaking to STV News, Mr Trump was asked for his thoughts on former first minister Nicola Sturgeon and the police investigation regarding SNP finances, and said: “I think it’s too bad, she’s not been very helpful to Scotland, I think. I don’t think she’s been a great person for Scotland and it’s too bad to hear what’s happening with her.
“But you want people that love their country and love the country. This is a very special country, so it’s too bad what’s happened to her.”
In the past month, the SNP's former chief executive, and Nicola Sturgeon's husband, Peter Murrell and its then-treasurer Colin Beattie were arrested in connection with a police probe into the party's finance.
Both Mr Murrell and Mr Beattie were released without charge pending further investigation.
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