Trump’s trip to Scotland is mostly to visit his golf courses. Where’s the backlash? | Mohamad Bazzi

As the US president fires thousands in the name of preventing alleged fraud, he continues to spend taxpayer funds on his outings

Donald Trump will be visiting Scotland for five days, but he won't spend most of his time in high-level diplomatic meetings or conducting other state business. He's primarily visiting two of his golf resorts, and dedicating a new golf course named in honor of his mother, who was born in Scotland.

In other words, Trump appears to be going on a junket, paid for by US taxpayers, to check out his golf properties in a foreign country.

Mohamad Bazzi is director of the Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies, and a journalism professor at New York University