The White House says that the next G7 Summit of world leaders will take place at the Trump National Doral golf resort in Florida
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump will host next year’s Group of Seven economic summit of developed nations’ leaders at his Florida golf resort, a move Democrats and others decried as more evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain.
The U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause prohibits government officials from receiving salaries, fees or profits from foreign and domestic governments without congressional approval. Democrats have said they would investigate Trump’s plan to host the G7 at his property after he floated the idea in August.“The Constitution is clear: the President cannot accept gifts or payments from foreign governments. No one is above the law,” Pelosi wrote on Twitter.
Mulvaney told reporters that Trump will not profit from use of the property because any charges would be “at cost.” He also said using Doral “was millions of dollars cheaper” than other facilities and would lead to a “roughly 50% savings.” Asked how the president’s use of his private business properties to host official government events differed from Trump’s allegations against the Bidens, Mulvaney told reporters there would be no profit and said the family had made their money before Trump became president in January 2017.
The Democratic National Committee, in a statement, said it appeared that Trump was trying to resuscitate an unprofitable property that has “been hemorrhaging money.”
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