--- 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: 2026-02-22T22:50:31.218Z 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Comedian Interrupts Donald Trump to Hand Out Swastika Golf Balls by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 24, 2016 3:14 PM UTC  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. 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":"2026-02-22T22:50:31.218Z","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 topic","Scotland topic"],"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"}}]}] ```