US property tycoon Donald Trump prepares to speak at the local public inquiry into his planned 1 billion pound (US$2-billion; euro1.3-billion) golf resort at the Menie Estate, Balmedie, at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, Aberdeen. , Tuesday June 10, 2008. The billionaire property developer wants to build the 'world's greatest golf course' at the Menie Estate, 12 miles (19 kilometers) north of the oil town, but plans to create a course on a legally protected site of scientific interest have been met with opposition from local environmentalists and a landowner who steadfastly refuses to sell his property.(AP Photo / David Cheskin, PA)AP - Donald Trump argued his case Tuesday for the construction of a $2 billion golf resort on a stretch of coast in northeast Scotland after months of acrimony between the billionaire developer and local residents.


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