Trump tweets that his Doral golf resort in Miami will no longer host next year's G-7 summit after cr
Source: Washington Post
Trump tweets that his Doral golf resort in Miami will no longer host next years G-7 summit after criticism
President Trumps decision to award the Group of Seven summit of world leaders to his own struggling Florida resort brought a flood of pushback from Democrats and members of his own party.
Other U.S. sites will be considered, including Camp David, Trump tweeted.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/10/19/trump-tweets-that-his-doral-golf-resort-in-miami-will-no-longer-host-next-years-g-7-summit-after-criticism/
Somebody blinked!
PS - Washington Post link and story thanks to Quackers!
mcar
(42,376 posts)RGinNJ
(1,021 posts)dlk
(11,578 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,869 posts)because it would violate their ethics laws or rules.
dlk
(11,578 posts)All Trump cares about is getting paid.
Generic Brad
(14,276 posts)Trump. Party of one.
catbyte
(34,458 posts)rurallib
(62,451 posts)He does have some standards as to what kind of vermin he associates with
Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)Quackers
(2,256 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)herding cats
(19,568 posts)He's such a predictable and boring person. I knew this was bluster to make him more a victim to his base.
He was trying to play reality TV here again. *yawn*
Judi Lynn
(160,631 posts)BY BRETT SAMUELS - 10/19/19 10:00 PM EDT
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!"
DEVELOPING
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466607-trump-says-his-doral-resort-will-no-longer-host-g-7-after-backlash
OAITW r.2.0
(24,639 posts)"Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility," ? Why not stay strong and draw that line in the sand? Cuz he is a coward and always has been an insecure coward. He has no principles that can't be exploited. He is the very worst of ourselves.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)Renovation has turned to a huge fixer up. I wonder how many peanut farms we could buy with that money.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)According to Prick Mulvaney, they had looked at several sites, and Doral was the best. So, that was a lie, too? So what's next his DC hotel? Gee, I hope Nipples Trump has not already started the renovations on Doral.
JohnnyRingo
(18,650 posts)Or more likely they got to Ivanka and she got to him.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)He got massive push back and damned if he did not cave. That is a BFD.
I am perfectly happy to take a victory lap, which I hope is one of many to come.
Hotler
(11,445 posts)progree
(10,920 posts)By Connor Mannion, Oct 19th, 2019, 9:45 pm, Mediaite
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Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
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...
8:18 PM - Oct 19, 2019
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
.....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!
8:18 PM - Oct 19, 2019
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Trump also highlighted Dorals proximity to Miami International Airport as a positive, but Chuck Todd and David Fahrenthold pointed to that as a negative on Friday, both of them agreeing it was a security risk for the high-profile event.
Doral is right on the Miami airport flight paths, Todd said. I think one of my reporters told me theres like 20 different flight paths that are going to have to be diverted.
This is such a security nightmare to put it in the middle of a neighborhood where youre going to have the neighbors coming and going, Fahrenthold said.
More:https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-lashes-out-at-coverage-of-awarding-g7-to-resort-he-owns-also-extolls-resort-tremendous-ballrooms/
sprinkleeninow
(20,264 posts)progree
(10,920 posts)Allegations of bed bugs at Trump's Doral resort swarm Twitter (the real reason he cancelled G7)
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212602258
sprinkleeninow
(20,264 posts)dump 🎃 🍄
ooky
(8,929 posts)that they were not enthused by the prospect of sleeping with bed bugs.
BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)This was so blatantly corrupt that even the fucking moron's morons weren't too keen on the idea.
George II
(67,782 posts)True Blue American
(17,989 posts)Skittles
(153,199 posts)they make an exception for their idol for EVERYTHING
BigmanPigman
(51,632 posts)They probably wouldn't care if he released his taxes and it was discovered that he is not super rich, is a cheat, didn't pay his share (but they have to pay their share) and took money from countries illegally. They would probably love him even more for being so clever.
Skittles
(153,199 posts)the only thing that would break them is if they found out he was some kind of coastal elite from New York City
oh wait.....
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)"He is just like a taxi driver. Plain speaking" Yeah, right. Taxi driver from HELL.
manhattan123
(302 posts)At least the other world leaders won't have to pack bed bug spray.
George II
(67,782 posts)cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)They just have Trump spend one night at the hotel and the bugs leave for an entire year as he is repellant even to them.
Loubee
(166 posts)that finally blew the scheme out of the water.
keithbvadu2
(36,937 posts)Haven't got the bedbugs cleared out yet, eh Donald?
dweller
(23,665 posts)he probably wouldn't even be in office by G7 due to blatant violations of emoulents clause and impending impeachment ...
and he listened for once?
✌🏼
MyMission
(1,850 posts)Then it wouldn't violate the emoluments to hold it at one of his properties,
so it would be ok. LOL
LiberalFighter
(51,104 posts)his golf property would be confiscated for the violation?
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)damn place in the whole stinking world.
catbyte
(34,458 posts)What a loser.
jmowreader
(50,565 posts)And tell me, why in hell would the G7 worry about ballrooms (the regular kind, not the ones Trump exercises his sick sexual fetishes in) anyway? What they really need are CONFERENCE rooms.
catbyte
(34,458 posts)czarjak
(11,296 posts)Mick said get over it.
dalton99a
(81,599 posts)They were looking forward to the international buffet
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)by the other G6 countries. Actually, when his lawyers found out (shouldn't they have known this from the start?) that it would be yet another article of impeachment heaped on to the already voluminous articles of impeachment, they "suggested" that 'The Donald' relent.
LeftInTX
(25,565 posts)He likes it when we talk about him
cstanleytech
(26,320 posts)would protect his ass and continue to stonewall any action being taken like they have been over things like the impeachment investigation and over Trumps Russian scandal.
KPN
(15,662 posts)learned they wouldnt. I hope Pelosi holds the THUG Act vote anyway. Maybe when they (the House Repugs) vote for or against it, it will hurt them either way it will hurt them.
Hekate
(90,829 posts)Celerity
(43,545 posts)Hekate
(90,829 posts)Celerity
(43,545 posts)cheers
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)Completely secure and self-contained. Has the amenities to entertain guests and easier to implement the no-fly zone since it happens routinely if the President is there for something. Plus I think this would be happening in June so the weather would probably be more amenable than in Miami when the heat/humidity and the rainy season starts kicking in.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)to renovate that place? I hope Ivanka hasn't already started her plans for "tasteful" remodeling.
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)rurallib
(62,451 posts)underpants
(182,904 posts)There are plenty of actual top notch sites around the US but Trump doesn't want to sit and rue about all the money he didn't get into his greedy little stupid fingers.
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)then he'll continue to direct people there to make money.
I had gone down to D.C. with the family a year ago to go to the AA museum there and we had taken a couple double-decker tour buses around downtown and one went past that hotel - and I loudly complained about it as we did go by it (much to the consternation of my family members).
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Ramsey Barner
(349 posts)(Bring Your Own Bedbugs)
brewens
(13,622 posts)at his club. He has to eat a little less shit this way.
Vinca
(50,310 posts)Plus, David Fahrenthold is looking around the finances. Sorry, Deutsche Bank . . . no payments for you.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)He is not going to let this go without a fight.
Chemisse
(30,817 posts)They can make him do anything with a threat to shift their votes to impeach following the Senate trial.
I wonder if McConnell is using that power. If so, I wish he's pulled it out before we betrayed the Kurds.
DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)More likely a shiny object that is thrown out to try to distract people.
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Its great to have a victory. Nice to see trump reaching for a stack of cash and seeing it fall right through his absurdly tiny hands.
I think international pushback helped turn it around. But l think the upcoming budget votes and the fear of further approval for impeachment were a big part.
The disaster in Syria reminds us we still urgently need more.
Every victory like this helps turn the tide. We should take a moment and feel good. The cowardly money grubbing piece of shit blinked.
Nitram
(22,892 posts)He's living in a pressure cooker of his own making.
iluvtennis
(19,876 posts)leftyladyfrommo
(18,874 posts)oldsoftie
(12,615 posts)gembaby1
(253 posts)If Scheer wins tomorrow I couldnt care less if he ends up at Bed-Bug Bite Hotel.