Ian Murray has said he would meet Donald Trump off the plane if he comes to Scotland.
The Labour Scottish Secretary said it would be “courteous” for him to meet the US President if he comes to his mother’s home country.
But the Edinburgh South MP ruled out a round of golf with the American because he hasn’t played in years.
When asked by the Record if he would meet Trump if he comes to Scotland, Murray said: “If he comes on an official visit, I’m supposed to meet him off the plane. It’s courteous to welcome him.
“I can’t play golf, or I haven’t since I was a student, so that rules a quick game of golf out.” When it was suggested that Trump could give him lessons, Murray said: “He probably could. I’d have to let him win, of course.”
Murray continued: “I can understand how people are concerned about Trump and talking about it. It was a big issue. Let’s not get ourselves wrapped up in the things we don’t know about until we actually know what’s going to go on.
“What we’ll continue to do is just make the strong case that the UK and Scotland sees America as being important. The special relationship transcends whoever the occupants of the two governments are, and I think it’s in our national interest to work with each other.
“I think the Trump administration gets that too.”
Former Tory Scottish Secretary David Mundell met Trump when he visited Scotland in 2018, but the US President snubbed then first minister Nicola Sturgeon.
Mundell greeted Trump as he and his wife Melania disembarked from Air Force One at Prestwick Airport in Ayrshire on his way to his Turnberry golf course.
The President did not meet any members of the Scottish Government but Nicola Sturgeon denied she had refused to meet him.
SNP First Minister John Swinney has already spoken to Trump and has said that he would meet him if he visits Scotland.
The 78-year-old American owns a golf course in Aberdeenshire as well as Turnberry. His mother was from the Isle of Lewis. Western Isles MP Torcuil Crichton invited him to the his mother’s home island last month. Crichton and Trump’s mothers are from the same village.
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