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Tonight, Donald Trump heads to Scotland on a short, 36-hour trip, not to meet with political leaders during a time of particular tumult for the United Kingdom, but rather, to visit two golf courses that he owns.

“I’m not sure what the purpose of the trip is,” Republican Senator John Thune of South Dakota told the Associated Press. Thune did say that he hoped Trump would “would get back here quickly.”

Speaking in the third person, Trump’s son, Eric, explained that “the eyes of the world” will be watching as his father, the presumptive Republican nominee, visits the Trump Turnberry golf course—the $300 million renovation of which Eric oversaw.

“The Turnberry course is one of the crown jewels of the golf world and is now one of the crown jewels of our family’s properties,” Eric Trump told the AP. “He’s over there to inspect the course and to support his son who put a tremendous amount of time and energy into the project.”

That’s nice of him, although Trump could probably have picked a better week: He just fired his campaign manager; his campaign itself doesn’t have any money; and Britain is voting on whether to leave the European Union—a move that Trump, incidentally, supports. “I don’t think anybody should listen to me because I haven’t really focused on it very much,” he told Fox Business Network this week, “but my inclination would be to get out, you know, just go it alone.”

Then again, maybe this is the perfect time for a vacation. As the New York Times points out:

Such trips pose risks for any candidate, but particularly one moored to a private enterprise rather than to burnishing foreign policy credentials, particularly at a moment of deep political tumult in Britain.

Mr. Trump, however, is said to view the trip as an opportunity to refresh himself and his candidacy after a brutal few weeks.

Has it really only been a few weeks?