Only interior minister Theresa May can issue an order banning entry
into Britain and Prime Minister David Cameron has said he does not favor
barring Trump.
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has threatened to cancel over 700 million pounds ($1 billion) of planned investments in golf courses in Scotland if Britain slaps him with a travel ban.
The
threat from Trump, owner of two golf courses in his mother's homeland
of Scotland, comes as British lawmakers prepare to hold a debate on a
petition signed by over half a million people calling for him to be
barred from the country after his proposal to stop Muslims entering the United States.
The debate will be held on Jan. 18 but will not be followed by a vote. Only interior minister Theresa May can issue an order banning entry into Britain and Prime Minister David Cameron has said he does not favor barring Trump.
The
Trump Organization said in a statement that a ban would result in him
pulling developments worth 500 million pounds at a golf complex in
northeastern Scotland, and a 200 million pound revamp at a resort in the
country's southwest.
"Any action to restrict
travel would force The Trump Organization to immediately end these and
all future investments we are currently contemplating in the United
Kingdom," the group said in a statement.
Trump's
comments on banning Muslims from entering the United States in December
prompted international outrage and led to him being stripped of two
Scottish honorary positions.
The proud,
half-Scottish billionaire's once-harmonious relationship with Scotland
was soured further when he was blocked by a top court in his bid to stop
a wind farm being built near his Trump International Golf Links course
in Aberdeen.
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