Trump Suggests His Miami Resort as 'Great Place' for Next G7 Meeting

[Zorro]

Source: NY Times

President Trump suggested on Monday that he plans to host next year’s Group of 7 summit meeting for world leaders at his Doral luxury golf resort near Miami, once again raising ethical issues about the mixing of his businesses and presidency.

If he follows through, the spectacle of the annual gathering of heads of state at a Trump-owned property would be the highest-profile example of the president’s willingness to flout the boundaries that have historically constrained such presidential activities.

The president said on Monday that hosting the summit at Doral made perfect sense, calling the sprawling golf resort “a great place” and bragging that “it’s got tremendous acreage, many hundreds of acres, so we can handle whatever happens. It’s really — people are really liking it and plus it has buildings that have 50 to 70 units. And so each delegation can have its own building.”

Critics take a far different view. They argue that the Group of 7 summit — which attracts global attention and brings with it thousands of government officials and the international news media — would be a gold mine for Mr. Trump’s for-profit property, providing an immediate increase in revenue and raising its profile around the world.

Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/26/world/europe/trump-doral-g7.html

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Unfuckingbelievable.

I take that back. It is absolutely believable.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I hope they like bedbugs.

[mr_lebowski]

4. And parasites in general

Srsly though how friggin' classic would it be if like, 3 World Leaders came back w/infestations, and told the whole world about it?

That would be such perfect karma on Trump's ass ...

[blm]

8. ✔️

https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/ent-columns-blogs/jose-lambiet/article100482407.html

[keithbvadu2]

17. more focused on creating an image for his properties than in spending what it takes to make them exc

But a former business associate told the Daily News that despite being a self-described “clean hands freak” and germaphobe, Trump has “always been far more focused on creating an image for his properties than in spending what it takes to make them excellent”.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/27/trump-attacks-rat-infested-district-after-rodents-reported-in-trump-tower

[sdfernando]

26. +1

[Newest Reality]

2. I highly recomend

That they have their staff people sweep the rooms with an ultraviolet light just to see what's all over everything. Certain substances show up under black light even though they may not be visible otherwise.

[RainCaster]

5. I want to see videos of this on the internet- a new form of pee-tapes

[Perseus]

3. Emolument clause anyone? This has to be an impeachable offense

Add that one to the other 156.

[Perseus]

6. Want more proof this crook became president just to make money?

And of course pay his debts to Putin?

The other delegates must be appalled at the lack of class and decorum from this SOB.

[RainCaster]

7. The rest of the G7 needs to send very low-level minions as delegates

All the PMs and cabinet members should stay home to show how little they respect DFT.

[appleannie1]

9. Yep, Everyone wants royal bedbug bites.

[jmowreader]

10. "No, Mr. Trump, we've decided on a much more appropriate venue"

“We’re going to hold it in the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang. They say it’s much nicer.”

[elleng]

11. Great timing!

'The List of Florida hurricanes encompasses approximately 500 tropical or subtropical cyclones that affected the state of Florida. More storms hit Florida than any other U.S. state,[1] and since 1851 only eighteen hurricane seasons passed without a known storm impacting the state.'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Florida_hurricanes

[Me.]

12. If It's So Great Why Is It Losing So Much Money?

down 69% in the last 2 years

[no_hypocrisy]

13. What if the G7 chose another place in Miami for its 2020 meeting?

My guess is that Trump would stay at Dorell and let them alone.

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Eavesdropping

place must be wired.

[magicarpet]

15. trDump would get the private conversation tapes of G7 attendees,...

,... and then by way of blackmail and extortion have power over them that Putin enjoys over him.!

[Haggis for Breakfast]

16. That was my second concern.

What if those rooms were all bugged with listening and recording devices ?

If I were a foreign head of state, I would refuse to stay there. I would not be comfortable nor convinced that my privacy was protected.

Remember that whatever those "pee tapes" contain, the Russians absolutely DID record trump in that hotel. It was a known fact that the KGB routinely did this.

[bucolic_frolic]

19. Exactly, and actually

I suspect they've been bugged for about 40 years, cuz there's something keeping all those Republicans very very quiet.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

18. I looked up the phrase "shameless con man" and found this:

I also found the same image under "idiot," "self absorbed," "liar," "dishonest," and a half dozen other entries.

BTW, can he admit Russia to the G7 -- turning it back into the G8 -- unilaterally? I can see the order now: "I hereby order the G7 to admit Russia at the next summit, which will be held at my beautiful Doral property, not that I will financially benefit from it."

[not_the_one]

20. Maybe the G6 should take a year off.

or at least refuse to go and stay in his south florida "bungalows", as he calls them, with the biggest and best ballrooms in florida.

turdface is irrelevant to the meeting, and they could all meet elsewhere, preferably in an actual 1st world country.

We have sunk so low.....

[dflprincess]

21. I hope the other members of the G7 are aware of

Trump's facilities shakey relationship with several health departments. Here's just one of them:

https://qz.com/1612352/pools-at-trump-hotels-shut-by-health-inspectors/
Donald Trump has regularly boasted his hotels and resorts are the world’s finest. In Florida, pool inspection reports tell a different story.

Swimming pools at Trump resort properties in Florida are cited for poor water quality and other health and safety violations far more frequently by the state’s Department of Health than pools at comparable luxury properties, records reviewed by Quartz show.

The violations were so serious that Trump’s Florida properties were forced to close their pools by health inspectors 10 times over the past 12 months. State records show multiple citations for violations like improper pH levels, problems with “disinfection feeders” that pump chlorine into the water, and inadequate safety features, including deficient handrails and ladders.

Improper pH and chlorine levels result in automatic closures, according to Florida regulations. They can lead to conditions that permit the spread of gastrointestinal, skin, ear, respiratory, eye, and neurologic illnesses, according to the US Centers for Disease Control.

In comparison to Trump Florida properties, nearby four and five-star resorts and private clubs had mostly pristine pool inspection records over the same time period.

[IronLionZion]

22. If only our founders had written this into the constitution somewhere...

what's it going to take to impeach him already? Bill Clinton was impeached for lying about an affair.

[Arthur_Frain]

23. Please, no. One of my few remaining pleasures is

knowing that every time the orange buffoon leaves the country, he’s almost panicked knowing he has to deal with a foreign culture. Remember one of the first drop the mike moments at one of his earliest foreign trips? The “get me outta here” plea? I loved it. I love every minute of every second he’s out of the country, knowing that he’s acutely uncomfortable in the presence of “otherness”, that he doesn’t plan on trying to boink.

I get even more schadenfreude knowing that when he does find a KFC or a McDonalds in some shitty foreign capital he’s traveled to, he’ll find out that there’s a subtle difference to the foods, and it’s just not comforting.

You’ve gotta know that trump is one of those guys that every time he hears somebody speaking a foreign language, he’s hateful and paranoid, because he’s sure that they’re talking about him, and not it a good way.

Well of course. He’s earned every comment a dozen times over, in any language on earth. Plus Klingon.

[Shoonra]

24. Blatant self-dealing

By being intransigent at the Paris conference, Trump made it necessary for G-7 to schedule a follow-up meeting. He now tries to steer that follow-up meeting to his own hotel, essentially creating a demand for his product by his own bad behavior.

I am sure this fools none of the G-7 heads of state and I wouldn't be surprised if they each gave a scathing review on Yelp.

[Politicub]

25. Even though there was a bedbug infestation?

King Bedbug Trump still infects the place.

[raccoon]

27. Let the Dotard himself pay for the security. Nt