Trump hints at top job ambition

The flamboyant businessman spoke out after he was presented with an honorary degree by a Scottish university.

Mr Trump was given the honorary award of Doctor of Business Administration at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen yesterday.

The American billionaire is building a 750m luxury golf development on the Menie estate on the Aberdeenshire coast.

After the presentation he told a Press conference he may be in the running for another job.

Mr Trump hinted he could run for US president but added that he had not yet made a final decision.

He said: "A lot of people have asked me to do it and until recently I would have no interest.

"And that's not only having to do with our country but it's having to do with your country.

"There's been a lot of talk about me running and a lot of people want me to run, but I have not decided."

Mr Trump said current US President Barack Obama was "having a very hard time".

The businessman went on: "I think he would be the first to admit that things have not been easy for him.

"The US is a great country and it's not doing as well as it should. It could be doing much better and I think, with proper leadership, it would do unbelievably well."

Mr Trump also said his firm's golf development in the north-east of Scotland was "on perfect schedule".

Construction started in July after Aberdeenshire Council granted full planning permission to Trump International, with the work scheduled for completion in 2012.

He said the project was "coming out better than anything we imagined".