A pro-Palestinian activist group has vandalized parts of President Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland, defacing buildings and damaging greens in a protest against his administration’s support for Israel.
Several of the course’s “most prestigious holes” were also dug up in the act of protest, according to Palestine Action, a United Kingdom-based group that claimed responsibility.
The group specifically criticized the United States’ recent weapon shipments to Israel. On March 1, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio invoked emergency authorities to expedite the delivery of nearly $4 billion in military aid, a batch containing 35,529 general-purpose bombs and 4,000 “bunker buster” warheads costing $2.04 billion, as well as $675.7 million in munitions and guidance kits and $295 million for armored bulldozers.
The video, set to an AI-generated song, shows beachfront hotels replacing rubble, Elon Musk eating a pita, a gold statue of Trump overlooking palm-tree-lined streets, and Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enjoying drinks in the sun.
The activists said their vandalism was meant to highlight “popular opposition” to Trump’s purported vision for the war-torn enclave.
“Palestine Action rejects Donald Trump’s treatment of Gaza as though it were his property to dispose of as he likes,” the group’s spokesperson stated on its website. “To make that clear, we have shown him that his own property is not safe from acts of resistance. We will continue to take action against US-Israeli colonialism in the Palestinian homeland.”
Scottish authorities confirmed they are investigating the incident.
“Around 4:40 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, 2025, we received a report of damage to the golf course and a premises on Maidens Road, Turnberry,” a spokesperson for Police Scotland said.
The Trump resort condemned the incident as a “childish, criminal act,” adding that the team will ensure it does not disrupt business.
“Turnberry is a national treasure and will continue to be the number one beacon of luxury and excellence in the world of golf,” a resort spokesperson said in a statement to media outlets.
Turnberry is one of 10 courses in rotation to host the British Open, the oldest of the four major championships in men’s golf. The last time it staged the event was in 2009, five years before Trump added the property to his expanding golf empire.
