Trump's Scottish Golf Resorts Took $800,000 In Taxpayer Funds To Save Jobs, But Cut Workers

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Kyle Griffin
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Trump's Scottish golf resorts collected up to $800,000 in subsidies from the British government to protect jobs during the pandemic but fired "scores" of workers, according to a top union.

Union officials are now calling for a government investigation.

Trump's Scottish Golf Resorts Took $800,000 In Taxpayer Funds To Save Jobs, But Cut Workers
Union officials called the money grab a “scandal” and are calling for a government investigation.
huffpost.com
5:00 PM · May 4, 2021

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-organization-scottish-golf-resort-job-subsidies_n_608f3deae4b02e74d228a542

Donald Trump’s two Scottish golf resorts collected up to $800,000 in subsidies from the British government to protect jobs during COVID-19 but fired “scores” of workers, a top union complained Sunday.

Union officials called the money grab a “scandal” and are calling for a government investigation.

Trump’s SLC Turnberry Ltd received as much as $700,000 in taxpayer funds, while his resort in Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, was paid up to $100,000 in just two months, according to government documents, reported the Scottish Sun. (The amounts are reported in ranges.)

Some other golf resorts collected as much or even more. But the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers complained to The Scotsman that the Trump Organization “hoovering up” public money while cutting staff made a “mockery” of a program specifically designed to save jobs.

The union said some 66 workers were let go at Turnberry in Ayrshire since last spring. Some have been hired back but at reduced pay, according to the union.

“It is clear to us that at the very least the principles of the job retention scheme appear to have been breached by the Trump Organization, and that should now be subjected to a detailed and forensic investigation” by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs department, said the RMT’s General Secretary Mick Cash. “It’s a scandal.”

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[Ilsa]

1. Kick (the grifter) & Rec (for prosecution). nt

[badhair77]

2. K&R. It's worth the read.

Never stop grifting, no matter where you are.

[smirkymonkey]

3. I have never hated anyone so much in my life.

My goal in life is to live long enough to see him and his family completely destroyed.

[gratuitous]

4. ABC - Always Be Chiseling

You'd think a guy worth TEN BILLION DOLLARS wouldn't be grabbing a measly $800,000, especially with so many people suffering from the effects of the pandemic. But here's the former guy, lining his pockets and shafting his own employees.

[demtenjeep]

5. and the walls keep closing

I hope they hit all at once and he doesn't know which way to turn