Trump Scrapped a G7 Summit at His Doral Golf Club in 2019 After Republican Backlash. He Picked the Same Club for the G20 This Year

Trump scrapped a G7 summit at his Doral golf club in 2019 after Republican backlash. He picked the same club for the G20 this year

Leaders from the Group of 20 are scheduled to meet at Trump National Doral Miami on Dec. 14 and 15. President Donald Trump owns the club. He said last year that he selected it because “everybody wants it there,” and he said the government would not pay for the site. “We’re doing a deal where it’s not going to be money, there’s no money in it,” Trump said. “I just want it to go well.” In March, he used the same club for a one-day meeting of Latin…

NYT: How Trump Has Moved The “Ethical Goal Posts”

The New York Times reports: When President Trump decided in his first term to host the annual Group of 7 summit of world leaders at his own private golf club in Miami, the act of self-dealing was so astonishing that it incited an uproar among fellow Republicans, forcing him to scrap the idea. Now in … The post NYT: How Trump Has Moved The “Ethical Goal Posts” appeared first on Joe.My.God..

Trump's 'unmistakable' threats to GOP pave way for astonishing 'act of self-dealing': NYT

President Donald Trump will host this year’s Group of 20 summit at his own Miami-area golf club — an “act of self-dealing,” The New York Times argued, made possible by years of “unmistakable” threats that cowed GOP lawmakers into silence.As noted by the Times, the announcement of the summit’s location had “generated practically no protest,” standing in stark contrast to Trump’s 2019 attempt to host the annual Group of 7 summit at the same golf c…

Trump reboots his most brazen scandal —and nobody's stopping him this time

President Donald Trump has been so corrupt during his second term, a recent report indicates that scandals that set the political world on fire during his first term are barely attracting attention now."When President Trump decided in his first term to host the annual Group of 7 summit of world leaders at his own private golf club in Miami, the act of self-dealing was so astonishing that it incited an uproar among fellow Republicans, forcing him…

How Trump Moved Ethical Lines

“When President Trump decided in his first term to host the annual Group of 7 summit of world leaders at his own private golf club in Miami, the act of self-dealing was so astonishing that it incited an uproar among fellow Republicans, forcing him to scrap the idea,” the New York Times reports. “Now in […]