(Editor’s note: as we head into the final hours preceding the U.S. Presidential Election, we revisit and republish some of the sports and pop culture stories we ran in 2016 relating to the electoral process)
Donald Trump, the current front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination, is no newcomer to controversy.
In 2006, the high-flying New York tycoon embarked on a mission to build one of the greatest luxury golf resorts in the world – along with hundreds of homes and condos, a giant hotel and a conference center – near Aberdeen on the historic northeast coast of Scotland.
The project sparked heated opposition from locals who felt the venture would spoil their pristine coastline and jeopardize the 4,000-year-old sand dunes of special scientific interest, but the developer broke ground in 2010 and Trump International Golf Links opened in July 2012.
Nearly four years later, with plans to build a second golf course and more housing stalled, critics say Trump has failed to deliver on the promise to create 6,000 jobs and billions of dollars in investment. REAL SPORTS correspondent Bernard Goldberg learns that Trump is not the savior the Scots once thought and that many even want to ban him from the country following his comments about preventing Muslims from entering the U.S.
Here’s the video preview
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel
Donald Trump Scottish Golf Course Controversy
Tonight Tuesday, April 19 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET/PT) ON HBO
Just the zillionth reason why a Donald Trump Presidency would be awful not just for America, but the entire world.
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