A FORMER Tory MP has shared photographs of a trip to Florida where he had lunch with Donald Trump.
Ross Thomson, who served as the Conservative MP for Aberdeen South between 2017 and 2019, posted a series of photos to his social media accounts of his visit to the club in Mar-a-lago.
One shows Thomson with the former US president as well as photos of himself at the resort, alongside pictures inside including a plinth surrounded by American flags.
In the image with Trump, he posed with a thumbs up and captioned the post: "Lunch with 45".
Thomson previously welcomed Trump to Scotland and thanked him for signing his “Make America Great Again” hat.
Following his resignation as a Conservative MP in 2019, Thomson has worked in public affairs.
Thomson resigned following public allegations of sexual assault from a Labour MP.
It was claimed Thomson "drunkenly" intruded on a conversation he was having with friends before pressing his hand down the front of the Labour MP's trousers. He was cleared by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards
The lunch comes as Trump asked the US Supreme Court to review a ruling barring him from the Colorado ballot, setting up a high-stakes showdown over whether a constitutional provision prohibiting those who “engaged in insurrection” will end his political career.
Trump appealed against a 4-3 ruling in December by the Colorado Supreme Court that marked the first time in history that Section 3 of the 14th Amendment was used to bar a presidential contender from the ballot.
The court found that Trump’s role in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol disqualified him under the clause.
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The provision has been used so sparingly in American history that the US Supreme Court has never ruled on it.
Wednesday’s development came a day after Trump’s legal team filed an appeal against a ruling by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state, Shenna Bellows, that Trump was ineligible to appear on that state’s ballot over his role in the Capitol attack.
Both the Colorado Supreme Court and the Maine secretary of state’s rulings are on hold until the appeals play out.
Trump’s critics have filed dozens of lawsuits seeking to disqualify him in multiple states.
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