A 55-year-old man has been arrested in Scotland after a Greenpeace protester flew a powered parachute within a few hundred feet of U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday. The unidentified man is accused of buzzing the crowd watching as Trump toured his golf resort in Turnberry. The pilot unfurled a banner that read “Trump Well Below Par” before buzzing away. Trump and his security detail headed for the resort building hurriedly on foot as the paraglider passed as close as 200 feet of the president. Greenpeace immediately took responsibility for the stunt, which could have had a lot worse consequences for the pilot than the charges he potentially faces.
It took authorities about 24 hours to track the alleged pilot down. The protest was an embarrassing security breach and a clear violation of the TFR that follows Trump wherever he goes. The incident took place as thousands of British residents took part in protests and marches in opposition to the president’s two-day visit to the U.K., which precedes his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
