Donald Trump will still be able to make controversial and potentially lucrative visits to his Scottish golf courses after he becomes President.
Last week the tycoon sought to head off accusations of serious conflicts of interest between his new role and his businesses by handing control of the Trump Organization over to his two sons.
Aides insisted that Mr Trump would have “no knowledge or input" into how his companies are run.
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But he will still be able to make high-profile trip to his Scottish golf courses, potentially boosting their revenues by allowing visitors to use the same links as the President of the United States.
A spokesman for Trump International Golf Links Scotland said that the new arrangement "does not prevent Mr Trump from visiting any of the Trump Organization properties".
Mr Trump, whose mother was Scottish, has come under intense pressure over his plans for his business interests.
Ethics experts have attacked his decision to leave his children in charge.
Two former White House ethics experts have even warned that Mr Trump could exploit a planned new trade deal with the UK to boost his Scottish ventures.
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Mr Trump owns two prominent golf resorts in Scotland, one in in Aberdeenshire and another at Turnberry in Ayrshire.
In a interview with the Times this week Mr Trump promoted his Turnberry resort, saying it was “doing unbelievably” following the fall in the value of the pound after last summer's vote to leave the European Union.
Critics have attacked Mr Trump’s refusal to sell his businesses or to place them in a blind trust.
Instead, he will pass control to his sons Eric and Donald Jr and a long-time Trump Organization executive, Allen Weisselberg.
Mr Trump has always insisted that there will be no conflict between his job as President and any of his businesses.
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But in an extraordinary press conference announcing the new arrangement, Mr Trump even warned his children that if they did not do a good job then he would fire them when he left the White House.
Mr Trump could visit his Scottish businesses within months.
Whitehall sources expect him President-Elect to travel to Scotland as part of a hoped-for trip to the UK later this year, designed to build bridges between Downing Street and the new administration.
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