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Headline Roundup October 17th, 2019

Trump's Doral, FL Resort Chosen to Host 2020 G-7 Summit

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White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announced Thursday that 2020's G-7 summit, an annual meeting of seven of the world's most economically-sound democracies, will be held at Trump National Doral Miami, one of the president's properties. Most reporting outlets, regardless of political leaning, focused on allegations that Trump is committing an emoluments violation by hosting foreign powers at a property he owns for governmental purposes.

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Trump Chooses His Own Doral Resort to Host the Next G7 Summit
Trump Chooses His Own Doral Resort to Host the Next G7 Summit

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White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney on Thursday announced that President Trump will host next year’s G7 Summit of world leaders at his own Miami resort.

The summit will bring global publicity, as well as solidly booked rooms filled with hundreds of diplomats, their security, and press to the struggling Trump National Doral Miami resort. Profits at the Trump-owned golf club reportedly fell 70 percent after Trump began his run for president. The last time the G7 Summit was held in the United States, President Obama hosted international...

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Trump to hold 2020 G-7 at the Trump National Doral Miami
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White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Thursday that the 2020 G-7 summit will be held at one of President Trump's properties, despite opposition to Trump steering funds to his own business.

The summit will be held at the Trump National Doral Miami, Mulvaney told reporters at a White House briefing. He said the Trump property was the best possible facility and that Trump's business would not earn a profit.

"They are doing this at cost ... it will be dramatically cheaper for us to do it at...

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US picks Trump resort for G-7; critics call choice ‘brazen’
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s suggestion that his Miami golf resort host next year’s Group of Seven summit became a reality Thursday, sparking an outcry from critics who called it the most blatant example yet of him using the power of his office to boost his business empire.

“There are folks who will never get over the fact that it’s a Trump property, but we’re still going to go there,” acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said in announcing Trump National Doral as host. “It’s not the...

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