- Title: Trump to host next year's G7 summit at his Florida golf resort: White House
- Date: 17th October 2019
- Summary: DORAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES (OCTOBER 17, 2019) (REUTERS) VARIOUS GROUND SHOTS OF THE ENTRANCE TO TRUMP DORAL RESORT, SIGN READS 'TRUMP NATIONAL DORAL'
- Embargoed: 31st October 2019 19:00
- Keywords: Trump Doral Doral resort Doral G7
- Location: DORAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- City: DORAL, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA001B1HMCZR
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- Story Text: U.S. President Donald Trump will host next year's Group of Seven economic summit of developed world leaders at one of his own properties, the Trump National Doral golf resort near Miami, a White House official said on Thursday (October 17).
White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said Trump would not profit from use of the property and defended the decision, which comes as the president faces ongoing criticism and congressional investigations over his finances and potential conflicts-of-interest.
Mulvaney told reporters the summit would take place at Doral on June 10-12, 2020, and that the administration selected Trump's resort after initially looking at about 12 potential locations in various other U.S. states.
Mulvaney said the event would be "at cost" and that using the Trump site would save millions of dollars and was cheaper than the other potential sites.
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