President Donald Trump busted out an impression of late actor Sean Connery while discussing his history with Scotland.

Trump joined Miranda Devine on the New York Post’s Pod Force One Tuesday, where he recalled receiving Connery’s help in getting past golf courses approved in Scotland. Trump recently made his way to Turnberry, Scotland, and Devine asked him about plans to name a golf course after his mother, who was Scottish.

“We started a couple of years ago, and it’s a very beautiful, beautiful piece of lan,d and it’s going to be very good. I have a course there and I had to start this within a certain period of time or I’d lose the zoning. And Sean Connery got me the zoning,” the president told Devine.

According to Trump, Connery helped advocate for Trump to get zoning approval. He said he only met the late actor, famous for portraying James Bond, once.

“He liked me, I liked him, and he’s a tough kind of a guy, as you probably know. If you look at the Barbara Walters interview, you know what I’m talking about,” Trump said, referring to an infamous interview between Connery and Walters where Connery defended hitting a woman with an open palm.

The president said he had trouble getting environmental approvals for his golf courses, but claimed he received a push from Connery. He also busted into an impression of the Scottish actor while telling the tale.

He said:

It was very tough zoning environmentally here to get that approved. And when they approved it, they approved two courses, but I had to start the second one within 10 years from the first, et cetera, et cetera. So I didn’t start it. Let’s say two years ago, we would have lost that right. You’d never get it back.

But Sean Connery, it was very hard getting the zoning because of the environment and it was very highly protected and all. It’s called SSSI. And he let out a howl once.

He said, “Let the bloody bloke build his damn golf courses and let him put money into our country. What’s wrong with you?” And as soon as he said that, the whole thing got approved like so fast, it was crazy. I called him, I said, “Thank you very much.” I said, “You have great power.” He’s like the king, I call him the king of Scotland. But so I got to know him a little bit after that. He was great, he was a tough cookie.

“You do a very good Scottish accent,” Devine said.

Trump then busted it out again.

“Yeah, well, but he did say that. He said, ‘Let the bloody bloke build his bloody golf courses.’ And you know what, when he said that, it all, it just, I got approved,” he said.

According to a 2008 Express report, Connery celebrated Trump’s plans getting approved, calling it, “A major vote of confidence in Scotland’s tourist industry.” Connery reportedly planned on being first to tee off at Trump’s new golf course. The actor passed away in 2020 at the age of 90.

Watch above via Pod Force One.

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