DONALD Trump asked the UK Government to bail out his Scottish golf courses after the coronavirus crisis left the businesses struggling to pay staff wages.

The billionaire US President’s Trump Organization is planning to furlough workers at Ayrshire's Trump Turnberry and Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeenshire - and has asked the UK government to foot the bill.

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4 Billionaire Donald Trump asks UK government to bail out Scots golf courses amid coronavirus pandemic Credit: Danny Lawson/PA Archive

Bloomberg has reported the golf courses aim to furlough bartenders, bagpipers and other workers.

The businesses will then apply to the UK government to pay their salaries through the UK Job Retention Scheme.

The government scheme pays 80% of UK staff wages up to £2,500 if they are on leave due to the pandemic.

Trump, whose estimated net worth is $2.1 billion, owns the golf courses and other global businesses in the Trump Organization as a beneficiary.

4 Trump Organization aims to furlough bagpipers, bartenders and workers due to the coronavirus crisis Credit: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

The U.S. Presidents’ son’s Donald Jr. and Eric run the companies from day to day.

Local Scots councillor Martin Ford told Bloomberg: “The huge tab for this will be borne throughout the whole population through higher taxes.

“If what he says about his personal wealth is true, Trump doesn't need the money, and I don't see why UK taxpayers of the future should be helping him out.”

But the executive vice president of the Trump resort in Aberdeenshire insisted the course was “no different to any other business” and that the move had “nothing to do with Trump”.

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Sarah Malone said: “Like millions of businesses around the globe, we have been forced by government mandate to temporarily close our hospitality and leisure facilities,”

“We are no different to any other business - this has nothing to do with Trump and does not benefit the business - the actions we have taken are solely to protect people and their families who would otherwise be out of work and struggling to survive financially.”

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Donald Trumps’ hospitality businesses - including lavish American hotels, clubs and golf courses - are believed to have been hit hard by the coronavirus crisis with many being forced to shut their doors during the pandemic.

Reports estimate the Trump family business is losing $1m a day as coronavirus plunges countries across the world into lockdown.

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Congress recently blocked the Trump Organization from receiving relief funds from the $500 billion Treasury Department rescue fund.

Trump’s firm has already dismissed 2,000 staff across its American clubs and hotels.

They will now have to line up with millions of Americans for unemployment benefits.

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