Donald Trump has spoken of his Scottish heritage and praised the country as a nation of "great fighters".
The U.S President recently visited his golf courses in Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire, as well as meeting with the Prime Minister and First Minister.
His mother, Mary MacLeod, was from Tong on the Isle of Lewis and Mr Trump has said he feels a deep connection to the country.
In a new podcast interview he praised the Scots as "great fighters", admitted he has never had black pudding, and opined that there are no subways in Scotland.
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President Trump was asked on Pod Force One if he felt Scottish, replying: "Well, I've been here and we have incredible investments in Aberdeen.
"Aberdeen is actually the oil capital of Europe, they should really let that go to town instead of doing all this other nonsense because they have tremendous oil reserves in Aberdeen.
"Turnberry is long-term, it's just this incredible place. In Aberdeen I built something that's really special, the most beautiful land you've ever seen.
"My mother was born in Scotland, she loved Scotland. She was a big fan of the Queen, I have to tell you. Any time the Queen was on television my mother liked watching, she said 'oh the Queen is on'. So, you know, she was a fan. A lot of people are, and a lot of people probably aren't in terms of the monarchy but a lot of people are."
Mr Trump's mother was from Lewis in the Hebrides, and he was asked about the famous black pudding from Stornoway.
The President has visited his mother's birth place only once in his adult life, spending around an hour and a half there.
He replied: "I heard about it, I don't know about black pudding but it's one of the most beautiful landscapes you've ever seen, it's seriously Scottish.
"The Isle of Lewis, I looked at a map, it's interesting, to get there it's... it's just... it's in a remote section.
"When she came to New York she was a young girl of about 18 years old and she hadn't seen the world, she met my father and he was, you know, a successful guy. He was a young guy but he was a successful guy, he was building houses and she really was beautiful, she really was beautiful, she was a beautiful woman.
"He (Fred Trump) came home that night and said to my grandmother, who was a fantastic person, my father's mother, 'I just met my wife'. He was about 32, so he was a little older, she said, you know, 'when are you going to get married?'.
"But he was a great guy, but he immediately knew.
"The Scottish people are really amazing and they're great fighters too, that's why England sort of never... Braveheart, one of the great movies of all time, England had a hard time with Scotland they just couldn't quite tame them.
"They're great people, no crime, you don't have crime, you don't have muggings, you don't have people getting hit over the head when they're not looking with a baseball bat. They're not pushed into a subway if they had them, which they don't. You wouldn't have them pushed into a subway."
Glasgow is the only city in Scotland which has a subway system.
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