Could hosting G7 summit get Trump Doral out of financial rut? It worked at Mar-a-Lago

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/business/tourism-cruises/article233263105.html

President Donald Trump is considering his own Trump National Doral resort to host the Group of Seven summit in 2020, according to numerous media reports. It wouldn’t be the first time Miami has served as the backdrop for a U.S. president’s meeting with foreign leaders. But it would be the first time the host president stands to gain financially from the venue.

It raises questions about whether the event is being used as a way to get his Miami property out of a financial rut.

Beyond the money paid directly to the club to cover the costs of hosting an international event, iconic visits to Mar-a-Lago, like the 2017 summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, helped increase international tourism to the property, bringing in a steady, albeit small, stream of revenue to the then-struggling property.

Hosting the G7 Summit — consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States — at any of his properties would exacerbate claims that Trump is profiting from the presidency in violation of the so-called Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Trump is already facing lawsuits over similar allegations, primarily about his hotel in Washington D.C.

Ronald Reagan's Long-Hidden Racist Conversation with Richard Nixon

In newly unearthed audio, the then–California governor disparaged African delegates to the United Nations.

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Tim Naftali
Clinical associate professor of history at NYU



https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/07/ronald-reagans-racist-conversation-richard-nixon/595102/

Aaron Rupar
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The Pizzagate account Trump retweeted today has been suspended for violating Twitter’s rules. #VeryFinePeople

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1156312957900525569

Aaron Rupar

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Trump craps on Baltimore for 90 seconds or so, seems to genuinely believe that Elijah Cummings is mayor of the city

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1156199796195168261

Aaron Rupar
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Wow. Trump's speech in Jamestown is interrupted by a protester who repeatedly calls out, "you can't send us back, Virginia is our home!"

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1156232110488858625

Aaron Rupar
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UPDATE: The protester is Virginia State Delegate
@IbraheemSamirah
12:21 PM · Jul 30, 2019·Twitter Web Client

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1156238453580935169