You’ve Been Trumped Too: it’s the film Donald Trump doesn’t want you to see
When I found out about Trump’s treatment of a Scottish family in his attempt to force them off their land I had to make a film about it. Now he wants to sue
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/03/youve-been-trumped-too-film-donald-trump
• You’ve Been Trumped Too will be live streamed for free in the US on the film’s Facebook page, trumpedfilm.com, on 3 November 2016 at 8pm EST. It will be released in UK cinemas on 4 November.
Ten years ago, when several residents whose homes are located on the picturesque sand dunes of Balmedie in Scotland refused to sell their land to Trump for his new luxury golf course resort, the billionaire began a campaign of bullying and intimidation that continues to this day. Most well-known among these residents is farmer Michael Forbes, whose modest croft sits right in the middle of where Trump wanted to build “the greatest golf course in the world”. Michael’s mother Molly (now aged 92) lives in a caravan across the farmyard from her son. The home has a handmade carved sign on it, reading “Paradise”. That was, until Trump arrived.
In 2010 I interviewed Michael Forbes on his fishing boat, and he mentioned in passing that they had no running water
Trump’s first attempt at being a great neighbour was to go on national television and slam the state of Michael Forbes’s farm. The farm was “a slum”, and Michael “lived like a pig”, fumed Trump. How could he possibly build his hotel for millionaires if the windows were to look out over “this horrible, horrible slum”?
The hotel was part of Trump’s master plan for the Menie estate’s shifting sand dunes that would create “6,000 jobs”, see the building of 1,500 houses and the construction of a skyscraper hotel. Trump promised to get “Aberdeen booming”. His claims were lapped up by local politicians, eager to find an economic wand to wave for when North Sea oil runs dry. No problem if the residents refused to sell. Next up was his threat of eminent domain – or under UK law, compulsory purchase.
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