Guardian journalists denied entry into Donald Trump Aberdeen golf resort event
The Guardian is the latest newspaper to find itself banned from a Donald Trump press event, joining the likes of BuzzFeed, the Washington Post and Poltico.
Donald Trump has banned several media outlets from attending his press events
The publisher claimed that on Saturday (25 June) the presumptive Republican presidential nominee prevented its reporters gaining entry to his golf resort in Aberdeeen after having taken issue with another Guardian journalist's line of questioning the day before.
Both a reporter and photographer from the paper were stopped from attending day-two of the former Apprentice USA host's UK visit, with the Daily Mail's US political editor saying he'd seen a note penciled in at the top of the press list warning organisers not to grant them access.
Security at Trump's golf course in Aberdeen has penciled in at the top of the press list: "No Guardian or Buzzfeed"
— David Martosko (@dmartosko) June 25, 2016
The spat came after the Guardian was granted access to a separate press event on Friday (24 June) at the billionaire's Turnberry gold course in Ayrshire.
Relations between the pair soured during the Q&A when Trump called the paper's Ewen MacAskill a "nasty, nasty guy," after the reporter suggested that no senior leader in the UK wanted to meet him because of his "toxic" political reputation.
The Guardian contested that it was subsequently denied access to the second event and made a series of phone calls to Trump officials who said the press call was full, and that the Guardian was not on the list. They also said the order had come from the highest authority.
The paper isn't the first to fall foul of a Trump ban, BuzzFeed is banned from Trump's presidential campaign events due to a story titled '36 hours on the fake campaign trail with Donald Trump' which angered the mogul, while the Washington Post was banned earlier this month after it criticised comments he made following the Orlando shootings.