Posts claim 92-year-old Scottish woman refused to sell her property to Donald Trump. Here’s the truth

Claim:

Publications on social media accurately reported the story of Molly Forbes, who refused to sell the farm house in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, to President Donald Trump.

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The right thing:

In 2006, Donald Trump acquired a mini land in the north of Aberdeen, Scotland. The region’s development plans involved in buying the land of nearby residents, including Molly Forbes and his son Michael Forbes. Forbeses and others refused to sell their property and fought with Trump in various legal disputes. In 2010, Trump’s workers broke a pipe to their homes and cut water into Forbeses’ property and refrained from completely repairing. In 2016, after living without a reliable water source for six years, Michael Forbes repaired the pipe on Trump’s property. Molly Forbes died in 2021 at the age of 96.

Wrong:

Forbeses ‘story is well documented by a pair of documentaries led by journalist Anthony Baxter in the British press, but these documentaries do not contain images that place the Trump organization 7/24 projectors around the house or cut Forbeses’ property. In addition, Molly Forbes’ death announcement in the BBC, Molly Forbes’ın Michael Forbes’un owner of the property, he says.

Uncertain ones:

The high and frequent construction business in the surrounding area – documentaries contain too many construction appearances, but the machine is not really working for “night and weekends”.

In 2006, the sadness of some nearby residents, Mogul and future US President Donald Trump Menie estate Aberdeen, a few miles north of Scotland. Trump has planned to improve the land sitting on the sand hills overlooking the North Sea by building two golf fields, one hotel and other luxury opportunities.

Posts in 2025 It emerged Facebook page at the same time This Trump returned to Aberdeenshire to open the second of these two golf fields. Messages tells the story of a 92 -year -old Scottish Widow “Molly Forbes, who refused to sell the neighboring farm house to Trump. Machines to work during the night and night and weekends, ” At any time of the day, it polishing projectors on its property and cutting both power and water into the Forbes residence. However, despite retaliation measures, according to duties, Forbes was never sold, “Four years later, 96 years old.”

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Snopes found that the story was a mixture of real and wrong information. The British press reportedly reported events and journalist Anthony Created Baxter multiple documentary Detailing the situation. However, while publications are based on real events, there was no evidence to support some claims.

When Trump acquired property in 2006, some neighboring residents, including their plans, including Michael Forbes, included buying some neighboring residents. (Forbes’ mother Molly Forbes, lived in the property). However, Forbeses and several other neighbors refused to sell. In addition to other things, they were worried that the golf field would damage the ecosystem of the sand hills. Special Scientific Interest By the Scottish government.

One The Aberdeenshire Council Committee initially rejected Trump’s golf field plan, but the Scottish government intervened and Approved in 2008 On the grounds that economic benefits are overweight than environmental damage. Trump’s team later intensified the attempts to sell neighbors.

Trump reportedly asked Aberdeenshire Council “Compulsory purchase“As long as the purchase is evaluated within the public interest, the land that allows some organizations to buy land without accepting to sell or sell. Brought legal action against Trump To stop such a purchase process that causes the future president to call the property. “slum -like” and “a pig”. (Guardian reported Finally, compulsory purchasing orders were not given).

In 2010, the workers who built a road in the golf field after breaking a pipe Michael and Molly Forbes’ water was closed. Baxter, who worked on his first film about the situation, went to the golf field and gave information to a ground official who confessed to the workers’ breaking a pipe. Later in that day, Baxter and Producer arrested on charges of “violation of peace”. (Images caused a scream and The accusations fell.)

However, Forbeses’ water problems continued because the broken pipe was on the territory of Trump and the facility never fully repaired. Accordingly GuardianMolly Forbes hadn’t had a reliable water source for more than five years, during which time he relied on a nearby well and bottled water buckets. In 2016, Michael Forbes repaired the pipe itself.

The first of the two golf fields was opened in 2012 and the second is planned to be opened in August 2025. New York Times. The Scottish government erased Kum hills as special scientific interests in 2020 due to construction. Michael Forbes There is no intention of selling the farm houseand Molly Forbes He died at the age of 96 in 2021.

In summary, although the story about Molly Forbes is exaggerated, it is true.

Molly Forbes did not have a farm house – this is his son – but forbeses refused to sell the property to Trump. In 2010, the workers broke forbeses’s water pipe for more than five years.

However, other aspects of the stories were not true. Snopes also reviewed both Baxter’s documentaries on the subject. “You drowned” And “You drowned too“What 7/24 projectors or neighbors did not contain images of power deduction. Telegram.)

Finally, it is not clear how intervening the construction program is. Documentaries show significant construction works (in fact, a scene shows that Trump’s workers are building earth mounds to prevent the view of the nearby houses from the golf field). However, it is not known whether this construction has continued on “day and night and weekends” as claimed by social media publications.

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