Trump’s true legacy will be that of rural vandalism on a colossal scale. A unique wilderness at Menie destroyed for a golf course. This was a site of Special Scientific Interest, the highest environmental accolade. A dynamic dune system, wetlands, trees and shrubs gone forever.

Opposition to the destruction of this priceless landscape came from the RSPB, SEPA, SNH, Ramblers Association and the SWT. No credible environmental organisation supported Trump. Add to this the harassment of local residents, heavy handed policing and the challenges made to our planning regulations. Martin Ford, Scottish Green Party councillor, correctly made the point that Trump “has in turn either bullied or ignored the Scottish planning system”.

The economic benefits were also vastly overestimated. The Scottish Government was duped by the estimates given in the economic impact study. Incredibly, this document, a well-crafted piece of sophistry, was not scrutinised properly by the Scottish Government. In 2008, Alex Salmond said that “we can see the social and economic benefits: 6000 jobs across Scotland, 1400 local and permanent jobs here in the north east of Scotland that outweighs the environmental concerns”. At the time, Professor Paul Cheshire of the London School of Economics questioned the number of local jobs that would be created. This has become all too true. No golf “resort” was ever built, nor, thankfully, the second golf course. The 450-bedroom hotel and 1500 houses have also not appeared.