G7 summit will be held at Trump's Doral resort in Florida, White House says
President Trump intends to host next year’s Group of 7 conference at his Doral International Resort in Miami in June, the White House said Thursday, leveraging his official powers to benefit his private business holdings in a manner unprecedented for an American president.
“This is unbelievable,” Bookbinder said. “Given the potential consequences the president is facing for abusing the presidency for his own gain, we would have thought he would steer clear of blatant corruption, at least temporarily. Instead, he has doubled down on it. The president is now officially using the power of his office to help prop up his struggling golf business. There appears to be no bottom to President Trump’s corruption.
“The president has pretty much made it clear that he doesn’t profit,” Mulvaney said. The resort would host the foreign delegations for the G-7 conference “at cost,” he said, adding that the Doral was “far and away the best physical facility for this meeting.”Mulvaney acknowledged criticism that even if the event itself did not generate a profit, it would be a major branding opportunity for Trump’s resorts but said that should not be considered a problem.
“There will be folks that will never get over that it’s a Trump property. We get that,” Mulvaney said. “He’s not making any money off of this, just like he’s not making any money from working here.” None of the three emoluments suits have yet gone to trial. In one, a group of restaurants and other businesses in Washington, D.C., claim they’ve been injured by the Trump hotel’s ability to attract foreign business. A federal judge initially dismissed the case, but an appeals court ruled last month that the plaintiffs could go forward and seek records on Trump and his business dealings with foreign entities.
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