President Donald Trump on Monday took a break from his $10 million taxpayer-funded golf vacation in Scotland to announce new import tax increases on Americans and also to put forward a new explanation of why he broke from Jeffrey Epstein: because the child sex abuser was hiring away the help from Mar-a-Lago.

President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer are set to meet Monday in Turnberry, Scotland, a day after Trump struck a trade deal with the European Union.

While in Scotland, President Trump explained his split from Jeffrey Epstein, attributing it to Epstein's hiring of Trump Organization staff. He denied ever visiting Epstein's private island on Virgin Islands.

While in Scotland, President Donald Trump was asked whether his new trade framework with the European Union was intended to deflect the Epstein controversy. It comes as a bipartisan pair of congressman are preparing to force a House vote to compel disclosure of files.

President Trump was asked about the Jeffrey Epstein files while meeting with European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen in Scotland. This comes after the Justice Department interviewed Epstein's accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell.

President Trump arrived in Scotland Friday for a four-day private trip, his first to the U.K. since he was reelected.

Donald Trump is back out on the golf course on the second full day of his visit to Scotland before he meets the EU Commission president for trade talks. Despite showery conditions