Their mothers are both Scots but that's where any similarities end.

Donald Trump wants to rename the stretch of Aberdeenshire coastline where he's planning to build "the best golf course in the world" in honour of his mother. Local salmon fisherman Michael Forbes is refusing to sell his home to Trump to make way for the £750m golf resort, partly because his 84-year-old mother Molly resides in a caravan in his garden.

This week Trump jetted into Scotland to ramp-up the pressure.

But Forbes revealed he had sold one of his 23 acres to Tripping Up Trump a protest group selling off parcels to supporters. The resulting multiple ownership would make the compulsory purchase process a bit like doing a round with a hockey stick. Perhaps the 63-year-old magnate is regretting calling Forbes the "village idiot" and his property a "slum" and a "pig sty".

Both sides are lining up celebrity supporters. Trump claimed he was "dreaming" of having Scotland's most eminent tax-exile Sean Connery and its most famous runner-up Colin Montgomerie swinging their drivers when the resort opens. For his part, Forbes revealed that the very producer of Scottish planning dispute movie Local Hero, Lord Puttnam, left, had bought a portion of the land. The Labour peer said: "This saga is the real-life version of a film I made over 25 years ago. Local Hero had a happy ending when the American developer came to his senses and withdrew with dignity. It would be great if Trump would watch it." Sadly, we doubt it.