It's been fascinating to follow the political saga that is Donald Trump's fight against the proposed wind farm off the Aberdeen coast which could taint the views from Trump International Scotland (I happen to agree with The Donald that they will, if you are playing the back tees where the views are spectacular...and so are the force carries).
This has led to his row with former bud First Minister Alex Salmond, and now there is the fallout from the BBC's airing of You've Been Trumped, where local police actually come off as poorly as some of The Donald's workers who pettily cut water supplies to residents and engaged in other unnecessary acts of boorish behavior, all documented in this shocking scene captured by filmmaker Anthony Baxter.
Interestingly, the post-You've Been Trumped ramifications have transitioned from a mere spat between filmmaker and developer (passport application bounty offerer that he is), to appropriate questions about the role of police arresting the filmmaker for seemingly no good reason.
First Minister Salmond, the independence movement's biggest backer, has now asked for an inquiry into the episode, captured and included in the film, after previously ignoring the known incident for nearly two years, reports Neil Drysdale:
Mr Salmond wrote in a letter to his constituents: "The film raises issues which have caused concern to a number of my constituents, specifically the strong suggestion that Grampian Police acted in a partial and unacceptable manner, for example the arrest of filmmakers which took place in 2010.
“With that in mind, I have written to the chief constable of Grampian Police, Colin McKerracher, to allow the police the opportunity to explain their actions and what steps have been taken in response to previous complaints.”
The "breach of peace" arrest came after the filmmaker made a visit to Trump's greenkeeper and interviewed him at the golf course construction offices.
Is it possible that The Donald's project could inadvertently influence the Scottish independence referendum?
Anthony Baxter, the filmmaker who was arrested, writing in The Guardian on Salmond's sudden interest:
Why has it taken more than two years to do so? The only logical answer is that Salmond and his government have been hoping that, in their silence, the truth would not be revealed. To the residents who have had to deal with the Bond villain Trump and his cronies, Salmond's response – or the lack of one – is deeply insulting and they are right to call it a cover-up.
And to the many people who have been shocked, dazed and saddened by what they have witnessed on the small screen this week, the implications for Scottish independence could never have been more pressing.
Throw in Salmond's recently revealed request of The Donald and, well, it does seem possible that the whole indepedence thing could be undermined by the building of Trump International links.
Simon Murphy reports on the damaged to the burn on the fourth hole, which overflowed during last month's storms.
