--- title: Donald Trump Swastika Golf Balls: Comedian Interrupts Event description: An English comedian handed out golf balls with swastikas during a Donald Trump event at his Scottish golf course Friday morning. canonical: https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-24T15:14:43.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:00.545Z article:section: Politics og:title: Comedian Interrupts Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls og:description: He's well-known in the UK for this kind of stunt. og:url: https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ffd07c301c3661/69889953428a9e664bcd32e1/donald-trump-golf-balls.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Comedian Lee Nelson is taken away by security while holding golf balls stamped with swastika as he protests against Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump a he gave a press conference on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort on og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Comedian Interrupts Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls twitter:description: He's well-known in the UK for this kind of stunt. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ffd07c301c3661/69889953428a9e664bcd32e1/donald-trump-golf-balls.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Comedian Interrupts Donald Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls > Sponsored content. 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Comedian Lee Nelson is taken away by security while holding golf balls stamped with swastika as he protests against Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump a he gave a press conference on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort on June 24, 2016 in Ayr, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 24, 2016 3:14 PM UTC An English comedian handed out golf balls with swastikas during a Donald Trump event at his Scottish golf course Friday morning. The presumptive Republican nominee was visiting his Turnberry golf course for its reopening, an overseas trip that gave him a brief break from campaigning, when London comedian Lee Nelson, wearing a gray “Trump Turnberry” pullover, interrupted him to toss out red golf balls emblazoned with the Nazi symbol. Trump then ordered security to “get him out.” **Read More:** [_Trump’s Strange Scottish Golf Course Promotion Trip Explained_ ](http://time.com/4380041/donald-trump-scotland-turnberry/) Nelson, whose real name is Simon Brodkin, is well-known on the British stand-up circuit and television, especially for this kind of publicity stunt. He has [interrupted then-FIFA President Sepp Blatter at an event](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/comedy/11751294/Who-is-Lee-Nelson-And-his-5-best-stunts.html) to throw money at him and stormed the stage at a Kanye West concert. On Twitter, Nelson later took credit for the stunt. > [](https://twitter.com/RealLeeNelson/status/746306555855896576) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/"},"headline":"Comedian Interrupts Donald Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls","datePublished":"2016-06-24T15:14:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:00.545Z","description":"An English comedian handed out golf balls with swastikas during a Donald Trump event at his Scottish golf course Friday morning.","url":"https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election","Scotland"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ffd07c301c3661/69889953428a9e664bcd32e1/donald-trump-golf-balls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt06ffd07c301c3661/69889953428a9e664bcd32e1/donald-trump-golf-balls.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Comedian Lee Nelson is taken away by security while holding golf balls stamped with swastika as he protests against Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump a he gave a press conference on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort on","caption":"Comedian Lee Nelson is taken away by security while holding golf balls stamped with swastika as he protests against Presumptive Republican nominee for US president Donald Trump a he gave a press conference on the 9th tee at his Trump Turnberry Resort on","creditText":"Jeff J Mitchell—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4381705/comedian-interrupts-donald-trump-to-hand-out-swastika-golf-balls/","name":"Comedian Interrupts Donald Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls"}}]}] ```