Requirement:
Social media records reported exactly the history of Molly Forbes, which, at the age of 92, refused to sell his homestead in Aberdynshire, Scotland, now-US President Donald Trump, so he could build a golf course.
Rating:
Evaluation: Mixture
What’s true:
2006 Donald Trump purchased Menie Estate north of Aberdeen, Scotland. His plans for the development of the territory were purchased by the land of nearby residents, including Molly Forbes and her son Michael Forbes. Forbeses and others refused to sell their assets and fought against the Trump organization in several legal disputes. 2010 Trump’s employees interrupted the water into the Forbeses property, destroying the pipe leading to their homes and avoiding it completely repaired. In 2016, after six years living without a reliable water source, Michael Forbes repaired the pipe that was in short property. Molly Forbes died in 2021 at the age of 96.
What’s wrong:
The history of Forbeses is well captured by the British Press in a couple of documentaries directed by journalist Anthony Baxter, but those documentary films do not contain footage showing that Trump’s organization is 24/7 around the house or reduces the power of Forbeses. In addition, the Molly Forbes Obsorry BBC notes that the property belonged to Michael Forbes, not Molly Forbes.
What is not set:
It is unclear how famous and often the surrounding construction work was – documentary films contain a lot of building shots, but it is unclear whether the machines actually operating “day and night and weekends”.
In 2006, many of the nearby residents, business magnate and future US President Donald Trump bought Menie Estate a few miles north of Aberdeen, Scotland. The Trump planned to develop a manor, part of which is on sand dunes, which overlooks the North Sea by building two golf courses, hotel and other luxurious amenities.
2025 On Facebook pages, reports appeared at about the same time as the Trump returned to his Aberdynshire resort to open the second of these two golf course. The alleged records tell the story of Molly Forbes, “Small weak 92 -year -old Scottish widow”, which refused to sell its neighboring homestead for Trump, who allegedly aveted by ordering “loud” Machines working day and night, and on weekends ” Lighting spotlights on their assets at any time of the day and cutting energy and water into Forbes. Despite its retaliatory measures, according to reports, Forbes never sold, “until her death after four years, 96 years of age.”
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Snopes found that the story was a mixture of real and false information. British Press has broadly reported events, and journalist Anthony Baxter has made several documentaries that described the situation in detail. However, although reports were based on real events, there was no evidence to support some of their statements.
When 2006 Trump bought the manor, and his plans were redeemed by some neighboring residents, including Michael Forbes. (Forbes’ mother Molly Forbes lived in her property). But Forbeses and several other neighbors refused to sell. Among other things, they were concerned that the golf course would ruin the sand dune ecosystem that is considered a A place of special scientific interest submitted by the Scottish government.
An The Aberdynshire Council Committee initially denied the plan of the short golf course, but the Scottish government intervened and approved it in 2008, based on the fact that the economic benefits exceeded environmental damage. The Trump team then activated their attempts to force his neighbors to sell.
The Trump reportedly requested the Aberdynshire Council to consider “compulsory land purchase”, which allows some entities to buy the land, as the owner agreed to sell if the purchase was publicly discussed. According to the BBC, Molly Forbes said legal action against a short one to stop the purchase that encouraged the future president to call the property “residues” and “pig”. (The Guardian reported that no mandatory purchase orders were never issued in the end).
2010 Michael and Molly Forbes’ water were closed after the staff who were on the golf course broke the pipe. Baxter, who worked at his first movie about the situation, went to the golf course and informed the manager who acknowledged that the staff had broken the pipe. Later that day, Baxter and his producer were arrested for allegations of “violation of peace”. (The footage caused resentment and taxes were abolished.)
However, Forbeses Water Problems continued because the broken pipe was on Trump’s land and the resort never completely remedied it. According to The Guardian, Molly Forbes has not had a reliable water source for more than five years during which it relied on buckets from a nearby well and water bottles. 2016 Michael Forbes repaired the pipe himself.
The first of the two golf course opened in 2012, and the second is planned to open in 2025. August, according to The New York Times. The Scottish government deleted the dunes as a place of special scientific interest in 2020. For construction. Michael Forbes has does not intend to sell your homesteadAnd Molly Forbes died at the age of 96, 2021.
In conclusion, the story of Molly Forbes is true, though exaggerated.
Molly Forbes did not have a homestead – it was her son – but Forbeses refused to sell the property to the Trump. 2010 Employees broke the Forbeses water pipe, which remained broken for more than five years.
However, other aspects of stories were not correct. Snopes reviewed both Baxter documentaries with this topic “You were excited” and “You were also densified”. No one contained footage containing 24/7 spotlights or neighbors who cut electricity. (The earliest reference to the spotlight Snopes could be found from the 2016 article in The Telegraph.)
Finally, it is unclear what a graph of intrusive construction. Documentary films show significant construction work (in fact, one scene shows that Trump’s staff are building clay mounds to block the view of a nearby house from a golf course). However, whether that construction took place “during the day and night and on weekends”, according to social media reports, is unknown.
Sources:
Baxter, Anthony. “Donald Trump fought to block my movie release for many years. He has now failed.” The Guardian, 2020 July 16th.
— “Molly Forbes Obsorry”. The Guardian, 2021 May 5
BBC. “The dunes of short golf course lose their special status of the environment.” BBC, 2020 December 9, https://www.bbc.com/news/ukcotland-north-rst-htland-55244660.
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Carrell, Severin and Scottish correspondent. “Donald Trump releases an abuse of a golf course opponent.” The Guardian, 2009 November 24
— “Donald Trump Golf’s resort plans hit the rough purchase of land.” The Guardian, 2010 May 26
— “The filmmaker, investigating Donald Trump’s resort, wins an apology for the arrest.” The Guardian, 2011 December 13 “The Guardian”, https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/dec/13/filmmaker-apology-trrest-trrest-resort.
— “Filmmakers arrested at Donald Trump’s Scottish Golf Resort.” The Guardian, 2010 September 12th.
Mandatory purchase orders: Introduction. 2025 July 21, https://www.gov.scot/publications/compulsory-purchase-orders-Introduction/.
Donald Trump: Molly Forbes, who stood up to golf plans, died since 2021. April 22 Www.bbc.com, https://www.bbc.com/news/ukcotland-north-east-oscney-setland-56837442.
Esposite, Joey. “The short Scottish golf course did not increase security due to men who were flying in holes.” Snopes, 2025 May 14, https://www.snopes.com//Fact-check/trump-Security-golf-corse-cotland/.
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Scotland was Hoodwinked Donald Trump, says a former helper. 2024. March 29 Www.bbc.com, https://www.bbc.com/news/ukcotland-68069245.
“Trump wins confirmation for the controversial $ 2.4B golf course plans.” Sydney morning Herald, 2008 November 4, https://www.smh.com.au/world/trump-wins-aproval-for-conoversial-2-4b-4b-course-plans-plans-10081104-gt1hq.html.
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