DONALD Trump has spent more than £10,000 of US taxpayers' cash on his son Eric's trips to his Scottish golf course, documents have revealed.

The US State Department has shelled out the expenses over two visits made to the Turnberry resort since Trump won the 2016 presidential election.

3 Eric Trump visited Turnberry golf course at US taxpayers' expense Credit: Getty Images - Getty

The revelation comes just two weeks before Trump is set to visit Turnberry as part of a three-day visit to the UK.

Eric Trump has been in charge of his father's golf resorts since the presidential victory and has visited Scotland numerous times.

Receipt records obtained by the Scotsman came from Property of the People - a Washington-based organisation which campaigns for government transparency.

They show the amount spent by the State Department.

On April 6 last year, Eric made the trip which cost the US taxpayer $7,724 (£5,878).

3 Donald Trump has spent more than £10k of US taxpayers' cash on the trips Credit: EPA

The payment was made a few days before Eric Trump’s visit to the resort in order to to check up on the progress of its King Robert the Bruce course, which opened three months later.

It is understood the visit was part of a tour of Trump properties that included another bill of $10,386 (£7,903) for accommodation at the Trump Doonbeg resort in Co Clare, Ireland.

Accommodation at Turnberry for Eric in November also racked up another hefty $5,583 (£4,248) bill.

A Turnberry source said the visit lasted just 24 hours.

3 Eric Trump visits Turnberry golf course

Executive Director and co-founder of Property of the People, Sarahjane Blum, said: "The Turnberry receipts are one more grievous example of how Donald Trump is normalising kleptocracy and the latest in a long line of examples of Trump profiting from the presidency."

The recipients of payment from the State Department over the Turnberry visits have not been specified but a £5,645 fee for a "VIP visit" earlier this year was made to SLC Turnberry.

The same company owned by Trump where Eric and other son Donald Jr sit on the board.

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It was authorised by the State Department's bureau of European and Eurasian affairs and processed via the US Embassy in London.

A ProPublica report claims the president's company has received at least $16.1m or £12.2m from US government agencies since he entered the White House.

At least $400,000 or £304,000 of that has been spent by federal, state and local agencies, according to the report.

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