US tycoon Donald Trump has pulled out of any future investment to his £750m golf resort in Aberdeenshire.

The news comes after the Scottish Government approved plans to build an offshore wind farm near to his Menie estate, The Scotsman has reported.

However, Mr Trump also vowed he would spend "whatever it takes" to prevent the 11-turbine scheme in Aberdeen Bay interfering with further investments.

Trump has previously referred to his creation on the stretch of coast as the "greatest golf course in the world."

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He said: "We will put our future plans in Aberdeen on hold, as will many others, until this ridiculous proposal is defeated. Likewise, we will be bringing a lawsuit within the allocated period of time to stop what will definitely be the destruction of Aberdeen and Scotland itself."

The businessman added that he felt the decision was "purely political".

In an interview with The Scotsman last year, Trump said he would have walked away from investing in the Menie estate development had he not been given "assurances" by both former Labour First Minister Jack McConnell and First Minister Alex Salmond, that the wind farm within one-and-a-half miles of his championship golf course, would never been built.

Earlier this week, the Scottish Government gave the go-ahead for the development of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay.

(JP/CD)