In 2012, Donald Trump set up a luxury golf course and hotel in the town of Balmedie, Scotland. By building Trump International Golf Links, he promised thousands of jobs, abounding tourism, and a new way to diversify the oil economy. As someone who used to live a mere 2 hours and 15 minutes from Balmedie, I can tell that these Scots must have been real chuffed (or pleased in Scottish lingo).

It was no surprise that when Trump followed through with none of his promises, his neighbors had something to say about his ethics and business. “He promises the earth, delivers nothing,” says David Milne, who lives nearby. “As far as that goes, he’s in a good position to be a politician. But as far as the real world goes, no, do not trust this man with anything.”

Before Trump settled, Milne had an ocean view of the North Sea.

Trump explains on the front page of the golf clubs website, “I had been actively looking for links land in Europe for the past few years, and of course my preference was Scotland over any other country because I am half Scottish. My Mother, Mary MacLeod, was from Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis. She grew up in a simple croft until she landed in Manhattan at the age of 20 and her first language was Gaelic” (http://www.trumpgolfscotland.com/).

Before, during, and even still after the building of the course and hotel, people living nearby have been bullied by Trump and his team. They have been both bribed with money and verbally attacked in order to get them to move away. However, Sarah Malone, the Executive Vice President of Trump’s Scottish company, denies trying to force people to sell.

“I would categorically dispute any claims that we have purposely made life difficult for the neighbors or done things that were wrong,” she says. “We simply haven’t.”

Before Trump arrived, people would leave their doors unlocked. Now they have security cameras to capture proof of the harassment.

The reason Trump was able to settle in Scotland was because of Alex Salmond. Salmond used to be the head of the Scottish National Party and was the head of the government in Scotland when Trump arrived with his scheming plans.  “Donald said wonderful things about the billions of dollars he was going to invest, the thousands of jobs that were going to be created; now, eight years later, I reckon the investment has amounted to perhaps a tenth of that,” he stated.

Salmond says Trump disrupted Scotland’s plan to develop sustainable energy. Trump said building wind turbines in the sea off the coast of his golf course would ruin the view and sued to stop them.

Due to such a bitter relationship Scotland seems to have with Donald Trump, along with the anti-Muslim comments he chided while in Scottish city Aberdeen, people are currently debating to see whether or not he should be allowed into the UK at all. Some of the notable people currently banned from the United Kingdom are Martha Stewart, Chris Brown, Mike Tyson, and the members of the Westboro Baptist Church. Quite an elite group to join, Trump.