Obama-bashing billionaire Donald Trump has vowed by “using any legal means” to prevent an offshore wind farm being built near the site of his luxury golf resort in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Trump bought the 1,400-acre stretch of land in 2005 and was given the go-ahead to build the £750m resort by the Scottish government in 2008.

In an amazing display of hypocrisy Trump’s gripe is that the wind farm would be “visually destructive” to the area, spoiling the viewing pleasure of his resort’s wealthy patrons.

The proposed wind farm has already been cut back from 33 turbines to just 11. However this is still too much for Donald who, describing himself as “an environmentalist” has decided to build his development on the 4000 year-old dunes which are home to a variety of wildlife including, skylarks, kittiwakes, badgers and otters and have been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

In MB’s opinion it would seem that an eight story tall hotel rising above the ancient dunes and noticeable from over 10 miles away is far more visually destructive than a few gently rotating wind turbines out at sea. In fact, if anything Donald could possibly turn the turbines to his advantage as in Atlantic City where the Jersey-Atlantic Wind Farm has become a tourist attraction with hotel guests requesting rooms with a turbine view - You can have that one for free Donald.

Sadly it appears that Trump’s solution to the energy crisis is not to be found in low carbon alternatives but to steal oil from Iraq, or as he put it in a recent interview with Good Morning America’s anchorman George Stephanopoulos, to “reimburse” America for the $1.5 trillion it has spent on military actions in the Middle East.  Oh dear.

With a remarkable, but unsurprising, lack of modesty Trump appears to think that he can improve on Mother Nature and the splendor of this unique stretch of Scottish coastline. In an interview on the Letterman show he said, “It’s beautiful, but when I finish it’ll be far more beautiful.”

There’ll be no more roaming in the gloaming once Trump gets his way. Currently under Scottish law, anyone has the freedom to roam, provided they behave responsibly. The Scots have always exercised their right to the ancient tradition of universal access to the land and, until now, the local people of Balmedie have enjoyed the dunes and grasslands of the Sands of Forvie, which has the fifth largest sand dune system in Britain.

Golf courses, on the other hand, are treated differently - although people have a right of access they do not have the freedom to roam. Trump has made it clear that this will apply to the development and access will be restricted.

It is with a sense of shame that this blogger, as a Scot, has to share an ethnic connection with the Trump. His mother emigrated from Scotland at the age of 20, making him half Scottish and Donald has trumpeted (pun intended) his Scots heritage on the Trump International Golf Links website. Maybe someone should check his birth certificate just to make sure?

For a more in-depth look at the man and his plan you can check out Anthony Baxter’s documentary You’ve Been Trumped where the Aberdeenshire locals and Trump come face-to-face in a fascinating showdown between a rural community and big business.