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It really is too late, the damage to your presidency has been done and to top that off this is not a game where you get to take back your mistakes and pretend that nothing happened!!
www.usatoday.com
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced late Saturday that he will not use his Doral golf resort in Miami for the G-7 summit next year, reversing course after the decision drew swift condemnation from Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
"Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020," Trump posted on Twitter shortly before 10 p.m. ET Saturday. "We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately."
In announcing the Doral pick just days earlier, White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney described the resort as "the best place" to host the leaders of the world's most industrialized economies. Mulvaney tried to head off criticism about the propriety of using one of the president's properties, saying it was well suited for the summit.
Republicans expressed relief Saturday.
Former White House press Secretary Ari Fleischer simply tweeted: “Good call.”
Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted:
“Wow, the pressure from within the Republican caucus must have been immense for him to so quickly back off.”
Matt Mackowiak, a veteran GOP consultant, said the reason for the backtrack was clear: "Loss of Republican support and he never does anything at cost."
Mulvaney had initially dismissed Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland. President Barack Obama held the meeting there in 2012.
There is more -- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...g-7-following-criticism-lawmakers/4014702002/
Donald Trump pulls his Doral property from consideration for G-7 after bipartisan blowback
Trump announced he will not use his Doral resort in Miami for the G-7 summit, reversing course after the move drew swift condemnation from lawmakers.
www.usatoday.com
"Based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility, we will no longer consider Trump National Doral, Miami, as the Host Site for the G-7 in 2020," Trump posted on Twitter shortly before 10 p.m. ET Saturday. "We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately."
In announcing the Doral pick just days earlier, White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney described the resort as "the best place" to host the leaders of the world's most industrialized economies. Mulvaney tried to head off criticism about the propriety of using one of the president's properties, saying it was well suited for the summit.
Republicans expressed relief Saturday.
Former White House press Secretary Ari Fleischer simply tweeted: “Good call.”
Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer, tweeted:
“Wow, the pressure from within the Republican caucus must have been immense for him to so quickly back off.”
Matt Mackowiak, a veteran GOP consultant, said the reason for the backtrack was clear: "Loss of Republican support and he never does anything at cost."
Mulvaney had initially dismissed Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland. President Barack Obama held the meeting there in 2012.
There is more -- https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...g-7-following-criticism-lawmakers/4014702002/
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