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  • Tom Servo
    Area Man
    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
    • 5898
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    Trump to host G7 at his own Florida resort property

    https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/17/polit...ort/index.htmlTrump to host G7 at his own Florida resort property

    By Maegan Vazquez, CNN

    (CNN)White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announced during a White House press briefing that the 2020 G7 summit will be held at Trump National in Doral, Florida, from June 10-12.

    "We used the same set of criteria that previous administrations have used," Mulvaney said.
    He said Doral was "far and away the best physical facility for this meeting."

    President Donald Trump is sure to receive criticism and will face questions about whether he stands to profit financially from the large summit. Trump has received such criticism in the past for hosting foreign leaders, including China's President Xi Jinping, at his Mar-a-Lago golf club in Florida.

    Doral has the best facilities of all the sites under consideration, Mulvaney told reporters.
    Mulvaney defended hosting the 2020 G7 at Doral, saying that Trump will not be profiting in "any way, shape or form."
    “Any sufficiently advanced capitalism is indistinguishable from rent seeking.” ~ =j
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    • Tom Servo
      Area Man
      • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
      • 5898
      #2
      Too bad he "won't be profiting from it in any way, shape or form" because profits are WAY down in just one year there:

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      “Any sufficiently advanced capitalism is indistinguishable from rent seeking.” ~ =j

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      • Lady Marva
        Senior Member
        • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
        • 13321
        #3
        Why not? the place is already Secret Service secure.

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          • Djharkavy
            Senior Member
            • Saturday, October 31, 2015
            • 4286
            #4
            Originally posted by Lady Marva View Post
            Why not? the place is already Secret Service secure.
            Is it? Mar-a-Lago surely is, because it is his second home. But is the Doral?

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              • scott
                Go-to Guru
                • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                • 15799
                #5
                Originally posted by Tom Servo View Post
                Too bad he "won't be profiting from it in any way, shape or form" because profits are WAY down in just one year there:

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                "WAY down" but still almost $4.3 Million. That's not chicken feed.
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                -John Locke

                "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                -Newman

                "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
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                  • Djharkavy
                    Senior Member
                    • Saturday, October 31, 2015
                    • 4286
                    #6
                    Originally posted by Tom Servo View Post
                    Too bad he "won't be profiting from it in any way, shape or form" because profits are WAY down in just one year there:

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                    But he will. Even if we discount the idea that it will be filled in the off season, meeting costs that would be unmet, and even if we ignore all the followers like reporters that will pay full price to be there, the free publicity is golden.

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                      • Newman
                        Behind the Iron Curtain
                        • Friday, November 1, 2013
                        • 25814
                        #7
                        Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                        But he will. Even if we discount the idea that it will be filled in the off season, meeting costs that would be unmet, and even if we ignore all the followers like reporters that will pay full price to be there, the free publicity is golden.
                        Sometimes I think he's pranking them. The Hate Trump crowd is triggered yet again, but the emoluments mirage is evaporating again.

                        The Trump brand doesn't need publicity, of course, but he would never pass up such an opportunity. After all, it's not called "The Doral." Its name is "The Trump National Doral."

                        But is that what "emoluments" is meant to counter? I don't think so. You and Adam haven't agreed that I've seen about the state of arguments in court, but I can't believe the Founders had in mind criminalizing ordinary commercial activity, such as providing lodging and meals to visitors, if such was the ordinary prior pursuit of an elected office holder. The Founders pictured our leadership as arising from independent, ordinary life in the private sector.

                        They would not arrange to easily criminalize private commercial activity.

                        "Emoluments" pertains more to cash in the envelope corruption, as we saw with Spiro Agnew, though he was preying on domestic clients.

                        Anyway, I saw a column by Andrew McCarthy, Trump Doral resort pick for G7 a 'real unforced error'.
                        Appearing on "Outnumbered Overtime" with anchor Julie Banderas, McCarthy said the decision could play into the impeachment inquiry that House Democrats are trying to wage against Trump.

                        "So, to give them this kind of grist to continue the investigations they're doing and to push courts for things like, you know, they're demanding the president's business records and tax records and all that stuff, it just seems to me he's giving them a gift," McCarthy said.
                        Sometimes I think Trump is pranking them, goading and triggering them for sport.

                        Here, there's every likelihood the research that designated the Doral was impartial, and that the benefit for the president's wallet will be minimal.

                        The decision to hold the G7 meeting at the Trump National Doral Golf Club was discussed for months, since Trump made a pitch to have next year’s summit at the resort during August’s G7 conference in France. Democrats concerns over the ethics of the president personally profiting off an official government event.

                        During a rare White House press briefing, Mulvaney addressed concerns about potential "emoluments violations" and told reporters that Trump will not make any money off the event. He said the golf club will provide the location and services at cost.
                        “The president has made it clear that he doesn’t profit from being here,” Mulvaney said during the briefing. “The resort is doing it at cost. It’s much cheaper to do it at Doral than at other sites [that were being considered]."

                        Mulvaney said the Trump administration started with 12 potential sites to host the G7 summit, and advance teams that scouted locations came back with the suggestion to hold it at Doral.

                        “We used the same set of criteria that other administrations used,” Mulvaney said. “It became apparent at the end of that process that Doral was far and away, far and away, the best facility to host this conference.”
                        If you are convinced of Trump's essential corruption, if you dislike and distrust him, consider this: If he goads the Democrats into impeaching him on groundless charges, as suggested elsewhere here (Don’t Be Surprised If Trump Is Never Impeached), such that the House becomes powerless to control events before the 2020 election, has he in effect insulated himself from any impeachment charges in his second term? Could that be a deliberate strategy?
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                          • Djharkavy
                            Senior Member
                            • Saturday, October 31, 2015
                            • 4286
                            #8
                            Forget emoluments, which has never been adjudicated and consider that President Trump just awarded HIMSELF a big government contract.

                            Last I remember, this was a no-no.

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                              • Lady Marva
                                Senior Member
                                • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
                                • 13321
                                #9
                                Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                                Is it? Mar-a-Lago surely is, because it is his second home. But is the Doral?
                                Prefer that it isn't? So there can be a nice big shoot-'em-up of foreign leaders on American soil?
                                Get real. It's a rich people's place. All kinds of security.

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                                  • Djharkavy
                                    Senior Member
                                    • Saturday, October 31, 2015
                                    • 4286
                                    #10
                                    Originally posted by Lady Marva View Post
                                    Prefer that it isn't? So there can be a nice big shoot-'em-up of foreign leaders on American soil?
                                    Get real. It's a rich people's place. All kinds of security.
                                    But that doesn't mean that the secret service has already checked it out.

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                                      • Lady Marva
                                        Senior Member
                                        • Wednesday, June 17, 2015
                                        • 13321
                                        #11
                                        Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                                        But that doesn't mean that the secret service has already checked it out.
                                        get real.

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                                          • Newman
                                            Behind the Iron Curtain
                                            • Friday, November 1, 2013
                                            • 25814
                                            #12
                                            Originally posted by Lady Marva View Post
                                            get real.
                                            Djharkavy lives and works in De Blasio's fiefdom. He toils in a merit-based section of the school system that the Mayor's SJWs are actively trying to dismantle. In the sense that "keeping it real" means keeping it coarse and insolent, he's soldiering through the innards and deserves your sympathy.

                                            • "I'm a hell of a lot smarter than most of you guys." — Joe Biden, at Jesse Jackson's funeral, March 2026.​
                                            • "That's all I do in my life. I make deals. I'm really good at it." — President Donald Trump, Oct. 13, 2025.
                                            • “Inside every progressive is a totalitarian screaming to get out,” — David Horowitz.
                                            • "We [Democrats] are all willing to work with anyone who is serious about doing the work of censoring the American people, and advancing progress."​ — Ayanna Pressley, explaining progressives.
                                            • ​​"Florida is where Woke goes to die." — Ron DeSantis.
                                            • "No one is above the law, and everyone has the right to a trial to prove innocence." — Nancy Pelosi, explaining Lawfare.
                                            • “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety”​— Ben Franklin, who got it right.
                                            • "The way I see it, there's always, c'mon, there's always money. It's there." — Elizabeth Warren, explaining socialism.
                                            • "The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.... We really think of it as a how-do-you-change-the-entire-economy thing." — Saikat Chakrabarti, then AOC's Chief of Staff.

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                                              • scott
                                                Go-to Guru
                                                • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                                • 15799
                                                #13
                                                Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                                                But he will. Even if we discount the idea that it will be filled in the off season, meeting costs that would be unmet, and even if we ignore all the followers like reporters that will pay full price to be there, the free publicity is golden.
                                                How is this worse than the government literally buying tons of President Obama's books while he was in office?
                                                "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                                                -John Locke

                                                "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                                                -Newman

                                                "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                                                -Newman

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                                                  • scott
                                                    Go-to Guru
                                                    • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                                    • 15799
                                                    #14
                                                    Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                                                    Forget emoluments, which has never been adjudicated and consider that President Trump just awarded HIMSELF a big government contract.

                                                    Last I remember, this was a no-no.
                                                    So someone else should be able to profit off the G7 but since it's Trump and the services will be less expensive and rendered at cost you have a problem?

                                                    Strange.
                                                    "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                                                    -John Locke

                                                    "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                                                    -Newman

                                                    "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                                                    -Newman

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                                                      • scott
                                                        Go-to Guru
                                                        • Tuesday, October 1, 2013
                                                        • 15799
                                                        #15
                                                        Originally posted by Djharkavy View Post
                                                        But that doesn't mean that the secret service has already checked it out.
                                                        Of course it has, otherwise it would not have been under consideration in the first place.

                                                        Sheesh!
                                                        "Faith is nothing but a firm assent of the mind : which, if it be regulated, as is our duty, cannot be afforded to anything but upon good reason, and so cannot be opposite to it."
                                                        -John Locke

                                                        "It's all been melded together into one giant, authoritarian, leftist scream."
                                                        -Newman

                                                        "Grievance groups are playing King of the Hill."
                                                        -Newman

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