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The sign for Trump International Golf Links at Trump Macleod House in Balmedie
ABERDEENSHIRE councillors approved plans today to expand US President Donald Trump’s north-east estate with a controversial second golf course and major housing development, dubbed Trump Estate.
Plans for the multi-million pound project were heavily criticised, with 2,918 objections submitted to the local authority, including a petition with almost 19,000 signatories.
However, councillors voted to approve the development, which includes shops, gym facilities and 550 luxury homes.
Mask-off outbursts by Maga insiders and most strikingly, the destruction and reconstruction of the presidential seat, with a huge new $300m ballroom, means Trump isn’t planning to leave the White House when his term ends, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results