Donald Trump has claimed that low life expectancy in the east end of Glasgow is due to a poor economy and insisted North Sea could make Scotland rich.

The US President also said that wind farms are "destroying the country" while the "greatest oil and gas fields in the world" are not being used. In response to reports average life expectancy in parts of Glasgow is just 57, Trump said: "You would think it would be the opposite. It's so beautiful. The air is so good.

"You would think that you would live forever....at the same time, they have a hard life economically. You know, there's not great economics there."

Trump suggested Scotland's natural resources rival Norway where the energy industry is the main economic driver and living standards are among the highest in the world, reports

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