“You’ve Been Trumped”

Few people would believe that a “multi-award-winning Scottish film” would bring humiliation to Scotland, but that’s what’s been suggested by Brian Wilson in an article on the “The Scotsman” newspaper website.

The documentary film in question, which has been named “You’ve Been Trumped”, is about American tycoon Donald Trump and his determination to create his multi-million pound golf course. Recently Trump boasted about building “The greatest golf course in the world.” This was despite protests by conservationists in Aberdeen trying to protect the environment and the angry locals who Trump was trying to force out of their homes with compulsory purchase orders.

The writer of the article says that the Scottish Government and Grampian Police should be ashamed of themselves. This also includes regular Scottish people who were aware of the issues but took little interest and didn’t take action against the golf course extravaganza. 

The director, Anthony Baxter, saw an opportunity to make the movie when he heard about the troubles, and had an inkling that the news wasn’t reporting the full story. Therefore Baxter took it upon himself to investigate, and speak to those involved: discovering that the local residents who campaigned against Trump’s golf plans were hounded by him.

Trailer:

Something to celebrate:

On a more positive note, the film, which was released in 2011, has been a massive success for the director, despite the Trump Organisation branding it as “a failure.” “You’ve Been Trumped” has won a magnitude of awards including “Best Documentary Award” at one of America’s largest film festivals and a “Social Justice Award” at Hamptons International Film Festival.

There is the possibility that a number of Scots are wondering why they were unaware of this achievement, and it is probably due to the fact that the “Scottish outlets [screening the film] to date have been minuscule.” Meaning that, ironically, very few people know about the documentary in Scotland.