SEVEN Palestine Action protesters are to be sentenced as terrorists for damaging US President Donald Trump’s Scotland golf courses — despite not being charged with terror offences.

Prosecutors will seek to establish a “terror connection” during their trial, which starts on Monday at the High Court in Glasgow, according to the indictment, which was revealed by The New York Times and the Guardian.

Palestine Action activists spray painted the words “GAZA IS NOT 4 SALE” on Mr Trump’s Turnberry golf course on March 8 last year, before the group was designated as a terror group.

They sprayed weedkiller, dug holes in the golf course lawn and spray painted the club house, in response to Mr Trump’s plans to take over the Gaza Strip.

Campaigners against Palestine Action’s proscription also raised concerns that their vandalism may have indirectly led to the group being banned by the Home Office.

During the High Court judicial review of the ban, it was revealed that Mr Trump had called former PM Sir Keir Starmer twice following the action at Turnberry, on March 10 and 30.

Defend Our Juries (DOJ) has questioned whether the US president could have put pressure on Sir Keir’s government to proscribe Palestine Action as a terror group during those calls.

It was also reported that Mr Trump’s son Eric later met First Minister John Swinney and discussed the protest that had taken place at the golf course.

The US itself designated Palestine Action as a terrorist organisation on Wednesday, triggering sanctions and the freezing of any assets belonging to the group which are either in the control of US citizens or in the US.

A DOJ spokesperson said it is now “all too clear why the White House has designated Palestine Action as a global terror organisation, alongside al-Qaida. It’s because members of Palestine Action upset the president in March 2025 by making a mess of his golf course.”

Former shadow chancellor John McDonnell MP said the government has “serious questions to answer” about alleged political interference, adding that this would be “profoundly embarrassing for Britain.”

He added: “Andy Burnham has inherited this mess from the previous government.

“This must be the wake-up call to drop this absurdly authoritarian ban, before Starmer’s blueprint is adopted by repressive governments around the world to criminalise protest and suppress political dissent.”