Eric Trump may not be part of his father’s White House team like his sister Ivanka, but he has to ensure that the man whom he describes as having “the weight of the world” on his shoulders does not have to worry about the fate of the family business over the next eight years.

The 33-year-old son of the US President goes as far as describing nepotism as a “beautiful thing” as he sits in the clubhouse of the Trump Turnberry golf resort in Ayrshire, where he has overseen a renovation costed at £200 million by the company.

Until recently, he was flying to Scotland every three weeks to oversee the refitting of the iconic hotel and a complete overhaul of one of its two courses as part of Donald Trump’s vision of making it the world’s finest golf resort.

The second course will be reopened and named after Robert the Bruce in July after the old one was bulldozed and an enthusiastic Mr Trump says “you are going to have two of the best courses in the world on the one property.” The Open Championship returning there is only a matter of time, he predicts.