Trump has awarded next year's G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area resort [View all]
Source: Washington Post
President Trump has awarded the G-7 Summit of world leaders to his own private company, scheduling the massive gathering for next year at his Trump Doral resort outside Miami, the White House said Thursday.
That decision will bring hundreds of diplomats, media and security personnel to Trump’s financially struggling resort — where profits fell 70 percent after Trump entered politics. These events typically fill the host resort, bringing large payments for rooms and meals, and providing global publicity. This appears to be the first time in American history that a president has given such a massive contract to himself. Trump still owns the Doral resort, and can draw profits from it, though his company has said they will not over-charge the government.
The G-7 Summit rotates between sites chosen by the seven member countries, as well as by the European Union. The last time it was held in the U.S., in 2012, President Obama held it at the government-owned retreat at Camp David in Maryland. Before that, President George W. Bush held it at the exclusive, isolated resort of Sea Island, Ga. in 2004.
This year, Trump had hinted repeatedly that he intended to award the event to himself. At this year’s G-7 Summit, held in August in Biarritz, France, Trump said his aides had examined other sites and come back to tell him that Doral is the best. The site is set among office parks, in an inland area near the Miami airport. “They went to places all over the country, and they came back and they said, ‘This is where we’d like to be,’ ” Trump said then. “It’s not about me. It’s about getting the right location.” He particularly praised the club’s ample parking.
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Full headline: Trump has awarded next year’s G-7 summit of world leaders to his Miami-area resort, the White House said
Fucking in-your-face unethical greed.
A textbook case of "emoluments".
Section IX
Clause 8
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution-conan/article-1/section-9/clause-8
Original article -
Oct. 17, 2019 at 12:44 p.m. EDT
President Trump had hinted repeatedly that he intended to hold the annual gathering at Trump National Doral Miami, where profits have fallen in recent years. The Group of Seven summit rotates among sites chosen by the seven member countries, as well as by the European Union. The last time it was held in the United States, in 2012, President Barack Obama held it at the government-owned retreat at Camp David in Maryland.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
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