The Prime Minister will also demand tough action against Vladimir Putin when he meets the US President at Turnberry. The Republican arrived at Prestwick airport on Friday to kickstart a five day trip that will combine golf and political meetings.

Turnberry resort has been transformed into an “American prison”, complete with high fencing and “sniper towers”, for Donald Trump’s visit.

The US President is in Scotland for a four-day private visit, which includes the opening of a second golf course at his Aberdeenshire resort.

A slight antidote to the aggressive show of security was hearing some classics blaring from where the golf caddies were huddled, including Billy Joel’s Uptown Girl, shortly after Mr Trump teed off at about 10am.

DONALD Trump took to his five-star golf course just over a year after he survived an assassination attempt – and was followed by an armour-plated buggy. The US president, 79, was trailed by

Donald Trump is about to fly into the UK, not on a state visit or diplomatic mission but something that to his mind is almost as important, if not more so. He is visiting the golf courses he owns in Aberdeenshire and at Turnberry on Scotland’s west coast.

In his first State of the R&A press conference since taking over the CEO role late last year, Mark Darbon fielded questions about the viability of at least three highly regarded courses – Turnberry, Muirfield and Portmarneck – with an open date on the calendar looming.

A deal was struck after European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen met with the US President at his golf resort in South Ayrshire.