During his first foreign visit as the US president, Donald Trump reportedly complained to global leaders and top diplomats about the regulatory difficulties encountered by his staff in building his branded golf courses. In remarks by the US president as to his opinion of the viability of the EU, particularly in the wake of the recent UK Brexit referendum, Trump defaulted to complaining about regulatory hurdles necessary for foreign owners to create businesses in various EU nations. As reported by the Belgian daily newspaper Le Soir, Trump expressed to the Belgian Prime Minister that his Trump-branded businesses had difficulty setting up golf courses, and those difficulties caused the 45th US president to have mixed feelings about the EU. According to Le Soir, an unnamed source stated that Trump's experience of the challenges his staff faced in setting up Trump-branded golf courses in Ireland and Scotland influenced how the US president views the EU, according to The Hill. The source,