News that the G-7 summit will be held at the Trump National Doral resort in Miami is perhaps the most blatant example of President Trump using his office to boost his personal business interests. But it also speaks to another one of his defining characteristics: his utter shamelessness.

White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney got before reporters and said with a straight face that the resort was chosen only because it was the best location to host the gathering of world leaders — as if there aren’t any just as suitable locations that do not happen to be owned by the president.