Mulvaney defends Trump on Doral selection for G-7

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Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney claimed that President Trump selected one of his own properties to hold next year’s G-7 summit because he still has the mindset of someone who is in the “hospitality business.”

Mulvaney announced that the summit would be at Trump National Doral Miami, but the the president scrapped that idea late Saturday night. Some argued that if the administration went through with this plan, it would be in violation of the Emolument’s Clause of the constitution.

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