Trump Abruptly Nixes Doral Resort Hosting G-7 After Backlash

By Ed Scarce — October 19, 2019

Someone probably asked Trump if he was just trying to get impeached as there can be no other logical explanation for him trying to host the G-7 at his own resort.

Source: The Hill

President Trump on Saturday said the United States would no longer host next year's Group of Seven (G-7) summit at his Doral resort after intense backlash from Democrats, ethics watchdogs and some Republican lawmakers.

"Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020," Trump tweeted. "We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately. Thank you!"

I thought I was doing something very good for our Country by using Trump National Doral, in Miami, for hosting the G-7 Leaders. It is big, grand, on hundreds of acres, next to MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, has tremendous ballrooms & meeting rooms, and each delegation would have...

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2019

.....its own 50 to 70 unit building. Would set up better than other alternatives. I announced that I would be willing to do it at NO PROFIT or, if legally permissible, at ZERO COST to the USA. But, as usual, the Hostile Media & their Democrat Partners went CRAZY!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2019

....Therefore, based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020. We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately. Thank you!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2019

And the raspberries flew immediately at Twitter.

Fuck you and your bedbug resort.

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) October 20, 2019

NEWS FLASH: You've been violating the Emoluments Clause every day you've been in office.

Holding the #BedBugSummit at the Doral, during the slowest part of the year when you'd be at less than 40% occupancy, is a BLATANT cash grab.

Your property is HOT GARBAGE.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant Savage! (@mmpadellan) October 20, 2019

No, you thought using the bedbug infested Trump National Doral resort in Miami to host the G-7 summit would be a nice and corrupt way to enrich yourself and your family but you got caught and called out for it. Corruption and stealing taxpayer money is in your bones.

— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) October 20, 2019

A Republican calls it for what it is, or was.

1. Trump proposes something crazy/sketchy/stupid
2. Republicans defend it as normal/legal/smart!
3. Trump reverses decision, thus, exposing his defenders as fools. https://t.co/eoFjeXAWSE

— Matt Lewis (@mattklewis) October 20, 2019

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