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Report: Donald Trump Urged Woody Johnson to Bring British Open to His Resort

President Donald Trump reportedly wanted to steer the British Open golf tournament to his Trump Turnberry golf resort in Scotland, and in an effort to do so, he reportedly tried to get the United States' ambassador to Great Britain, Robert Wood "Woody" Johnson IV, to advocate for Turnberry in his dealings with the British government.

According to a report from Mark Landler,Lara JakesandMaggie Haberman of the New York Times, Johnson revealed to "multiple colleagues in February 2018" that Trump was pushing him to convince the British government that Turnberry should host.

And Johnson reportedly played ball:

"The ambassador's deputy, Lewis A.