in the UK, the US and many other places. This will not be the last."

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Mr Trump said UK divisions "will heal" as "it is a great place", adding: "I said this was going to happen and I think it is a great thing.

"Basically, they took back their country. That's a great thing.

"I think we're doing very well in the United States also, and it is essentially the same thing that is happening in the United States.

"I want to support my son who really represented me here in building this great great place (Turnberry)."

When asked his opinion on David Cameron announcing he is to step down as prime minister after the Leave vote, Mr Trump said: "Well, that's too bad."

image copyright PA image caption Donald Trump spoketo staff after arriving at Turnberry by helicopter

Analysis by BBC Scotland political reporter Philip Sim

Donald Trump is not generally regarded as a shy, modest man.

So few were surprised that despite arriving at his newly reopened Ayrshire golf course just minutes after the prime minister announced he was stepping down, Mr Trump had an eye on landing some headlines of his own.

The presidential hopeful swept off the helicopter with his name written down the side of it, at Turnberry, the golf course he has also appended his name to, and proclaimed that he had predicted the whole Brexit thing ages ago.

And in any case, it was great news - especially for anyone hoping to harness a similar anti-establishment wave in, say, a White House bid.

Mr Trump's words carry some