Trump Tells Univision Execs: Stay Off My Golf Course!

Donald Trump Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Course & Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland, Britain - 02 Jul 2014 Funny-haired US businessman Donald Trump was at his newly purchased Turnberry Golf Course and Resort Scot... Donald Trump Donald Trump at Trump Turnberry Golf Course & Resort, Ayrshire, Scotland, Britain - 02 Jul 2014 Funny-haired US businessman Donald Trump was at his newly purchased Turnberry Golf Course and Resort Scottish links golf course with ever-doting Eastern European wife Melania Trump. Renamed Trump Turnberry, it brings the number of golf courses owned by the property magnate to 17. The businessman has already pledged GBP 100 million to renovate the hotel that overlooks the Turnberry course, which he bought last month, and he will discuss more developments during a visit to Ayrshire today. It is Mr Trump's second Scottish course, following on from his Aberdeenshire resort which opened in July 2012. Plans for a second golf course, club house and hotel on the same site remain on hold amid a bitter dispute over a proposed wind farm adjacent to the resort, involving Alex Salmond, the BBC and local protesters. (Rex Features via AP Images) MORE LESS
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Reality TV star and GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s feud with the Spanish language television network Univision isn’t just about crowning Miss USA – now there are golf games and matters of foreign policy at stake.

Days after the network said it would sever ties with the 2016 dark horse after he characterized Mexican immigrants as drug smugglers and rapists in his lengthy presidential announcement, the Donald posted an image to Instagram on Friday of a letter to Univision CEO Randy Falco banning “any officer or representative of Univision” from using Trump National Doral Miami’s golf courses or facilities. He also demanded the company halt construction on a gate connecting “our respective properties.”

“Please congratulate your Mexican Government officials for having made such outstanding trade deals with the United States. However, inform them that should I become President, those days are over. We are bringing jobs back to the U.S. Also, a meaningful border will be immediately created, not the laughingstock that currently exists,” Trump wrote in a postscript.

Letter to @Univision- re: @TrumpDoral

A photo posted by Donald J. Trump (@realdonaldtrump) on

The post came a day Trump shared with more than 200,000 Instagram followers a handwritten interview request from Univision host Jorge Ramos, which pointedly contained Ramos’ personal phone number. The post has since been deleted.

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