'He'll use every means at his disposal to make his money. If it
means pissing off the locals, he'll have no qualms about it.'
US billionaire displays famed ruthlessness in Scotland and in
Manhattan  It must be dispiriting at times to be one of the
local Aberdeenshire protesters trying to stop the billionaire
Donald Trump from building a £500m golf complex along one of
Scotland's finest stretches of dunes. His visit to the site this
week has reminded them, if they needed it, that they are pitted
against one of the world's most famous and famously ruthless
businessmen.  But they should take comfort from the thought that
they are not alone. Three thousand miles away, in the rather
less rustic location of SoHo in lower Manhattan, a very similar
battle is being played out between residents and the Trump
phenomenon over his plans to construct a $450m (£220m)
condominium. The scheme's opponents say the 46-storey tower
would ruin the low-rise nature of the neighbourhood, in much the
same way as Aberdeen's antagonist