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mfcorey1

(11,001 posts)
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:24 AM Aug 2019

'Hell, No!': Trump Finally Goes Too Far, Even For Rick Santorum

President Donald Trump used the power of the presidency to promote one of his resorts on Monday, this time pitching his struggling Doral Club in Florida as the host of next year’s G-7 summit.

Even some of Trump’s biggest supporters called him out over the obvious conflict of interest, including Rick Santorum, the former Republican senator from Pennsylvania. The two-time GOP presidential candidate said on Monday that Trump shouldn’t use his own property to host next year’s summit, calling it a “violation of the law.”

CNN’s John Berman asked Santorum, who was once in the running to be Trump’s chief of staff, what he’d say if he was in the White House and anyone, even the president, brought up the idea of hosting the event at Doral.

“Hell, no!” Santorum said.

“He doesn’t do himself any good by doing things like this,” Santorum said later in the segment. “Please, Mr. President. Stop. Please.”

Santorum chalked it up to Trump being a “promoter.”

“That’s what he does. I think that’s just who he is,” Santorum said. “It’s inappropriate. He shouldn’t do it.”

On Monday, Trump spent part of a media event with German Chancellor Angela Merkel boasting about his Florida property.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rick-santorum-donald-trump-hell-no_n_5d64b40ae4b0641b25520e08

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'Hell, No!': Trump Finally Goes Too Far, Even For Rick Santorum (Original Post) mfcorey1 Aug 2019 OP
Is there anyone traitortrump cannot offend? empedocles Aug 2019 #1
Ghouliani and Miller rpannier Aug 2019 #2
Really? Year Zero Aug 2019 #3
Pretty frothy response. Funtatlaguy Aug 2019 #4
"Please, Mr. President. Stop. Please." jcgoldie Aug 2019 #5
Someone should ask him about Trump's DC properties Johnny2X2X Aug 2019 #6
santorum...google it Demonaut Aug 2019 #7
walsh has broken the ice. mopinko Aug 2019 #8
Joe Walsh is a bigger racist than trump. n/t zackymilly Aug 2019 #9
which is why it matters. mopinko Aug 2019 #10

Year Zero

(2 posts)
3. Really?
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 07:42 AM
Aug 2019

This, of all things, is what got the gassy, make up covered clown to say enough?

The right wing establishment is full of soulless meat puppets.

Johnny2X2X

(19,066 posts)
6. Someone should ask him about Trump's DC properties
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 08:44 AM
Aug 2019

This is already occurring, Trump's DC hotel regularly hosts world leaders who are in Washington on official business. He's already clearly doing what Santorum said would be too much.

mopinko

(70,103 posts)
8. walsh has broken the ice.
Tue Aug 27, 2019, 09:58 AM
Aug 2019

i think we will see more of them trying to keep the slime from swallowing them up.

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