Donald Trump condemns Scots’ silence over wind farms

DONALD Trump has condemned Scotland’s tourism and heritage agencies for their continued silence on the proliferation of offshore wind developments in Scotland.

But he praised Sir Simon Jenkins, the chairman of the National Trust in England, who claimed in a newspaper interview that the conservation charity was now “deeply sceptical” of wind power.

The former newspaper editor said he favoured renewables but declared that turbines were a “public menace” which were destroying the countryside.

Mr Trump, who has pledged to fund an international campaign against the development of offshore wind farms and is trying to block an 11 turbine development near his golf resort in Aberdeenshire, wrote to Sir Simon, praising his “candid comments”.