Tariffs, Turnberry, and Trump’s Broadway Escape Act

From imaginary trade deals to cheating on the golf course, and blasting “Memories” to dodge Epstein questions, Trump’s Scotland trip is equal parts farce and self-parody.

On a sunny Scottish Sunday, Donald Trump staged a diplomatic cosplay event at his Turnberry golf course, complete with ballrooms, bluster, and Ursula von der Leyen politely attempting not to scream. What was billed as a high-stakes transatlantic trade summit quickly devolved into a meandering press conference that doubled as a Trump-branded golf infomercial and a windmill hatefest.

Sitting beside the European Commission president, Trump declared victory in the form of a “framework” trade deal that he insisted was the “biggest ever.” And in typical Trump fashion, it came with zero documentation, no implementation timeline, and a pile of contradictions taller than his hair in a Scottish breeze.