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A colossal sand portrait of Donald Trump has appeared on the beach next to the President's luxury Scottish golf resort.

In a dramatic stunt marking 100 days since Trump’s return to the White House, protestors raked the former President’s face into the sand alongside the warning: “Time to resist – fight the billionaire takeover.”

The enormous 55m by 40m image was revealed on Turnberry Beach early Wednesday (30April25), in full view of the Trump-owned Ayrshire resort, and aimed squarely at his controversial environmental policies.

Created overnight by the arts collective Sand in Your Eye and Greenpeace UK, the sand sculpture is being hailed as one of the largest protest artworks ever seen on a UK beach.

Areeba Hamid, co-executive director of Greenpeace UK, said: “During his first 100 days President Trump has been actively working to dismantle and weaken environmental protections and attack those who fight to protect nature and our shared climate, putting the corporate profits of his billionaire friends ahead of people and the planet. It’s time to resist the billionaire takeover of our rights and freedoms.”*

The artwork comes as critics accuse Trump of triggering an environmental rollback in just over three months since retaking the White House. Under his leadership, the US has exited the Paris Climate Agreement, reopened the Alaskan wilderness to oil drilling, and green-lit industrial fishing in previously protected Pacific ecosystems. At the same time, he's cut clean energy investments and ramped up fossil fuel support.

Hamid issued a further warning, accusing the Trump camp of siding with an elite clique of powerful CEOs. “Trump’s biggest allies are a group of unelected billionaires, including the fossil fuel company CEOs who are knowingly burning the planet, polluting our waters, and hurting communities around the world,” she said. “No one voted for these corporate bullies to end free speech, but they will stop at nothing to keep their oil and gas empire alive – even weaponising the legal system to crush dissent and silence environmental activism.”

One tactic being used to intimidate climate activists is the rise of SLAPP lawsuits (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation), with Greenpeace now facing a staggering $660 million payout to Energy Transfer — a Trump-donating pipeline giant led by billionaire Kelcy Warren — after a recent US jury verdict.

“For the billionaires and big oil companies this is not just another source of money,” Hamid added. “They want to silence all critics and any protests against the core issue with their business: fossil fuels that are causing the climate crisis and environmental destruction.”

And the protest isn’t confined to Scotland. In London, Greenpeace has also plastered bus stops near the US embassy in Nine Elms with posters echoing the same stark message: fight back against billionaire dominance.