Democrats and members of the media slammed President Trump after his acting chief of staff announced the G-7 summit would be held at Trump National Doral.
“Hosting a major foreign leader summit at a Trump hotel? Donald Trump continues to abuse his power to line his own pockets,” former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday.
Hosting a major foreign leader summit at a Trump hotel? Donald Trump continues to abuse his power to line his own pockets. Time to put up (your tax returns) or shut up Mr. President. https://t.co/W75Cn5m94y
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 17, 2019
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren called the move “corruption, plain and simple” and California Sen. Kamala Harris said Trump was trying to “line his own pockets.”
This is corruption, plain and simple. https://t.co/NnizsfK0dC
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) October 17, 2019
He’s using our national security to line his own pockets. https://t.co/7E2UJCAhPb
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) October 17, 2019
corruption (noun)
cor•rup•tion | kə-ˈrəp-shən https://t.co/WD6WoBjEoc— Amy Klobuchar (@amyklobuchar) October 17, 2019
Members of the media also tore into the Trump administration for the decision.
“You really can’t overstate how unprecedented and abnormal this is. No American president has ever awarded such a contract to himself,” MSNBC host Joy Reid said.
And this one will draw direct foreign spending into an underperforming Trump business. Wow and wow. pic.twitter.com/495QX5BLNU
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 17, 2019
Fox News commentator Judge Oliver Napolitano said the president’s decision would be a “profound violation of the Emoluments Clause.”
Judge Napolitano on Trump’s decision to host G-7 at Doral: “This is about as direct and profound a violation of the Emoluments Clause as one could create” https://t.co/eOHOpFLvDG
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 17, 2019
“All in plain sight” https://t.co/rhxC15bTaz
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 17, 2019
The criticism follows Trump’s acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announcing Thursday that the G-7 summit would held at the president’s resort.
“They are doing this at cost … it will be dramatically cheaper for us to do it at Doral,” Mulvaney said during a press conference.
