Swift backlash as Trump picks own golf resort to host G7

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has awarded hosting of the next G7 summit to one of his own Florida golf clubs, the White House said on ...

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has awarded hosting of the next G7 summit to one of his own Florida golf clubs, the White House said on Thursday , sparking accusations of corruption from opposition lawmakers and ethics campaigners.

into allegations that the president pressured Ukraine into interfering on his behalf in the 2020 US election. Trump National Doral is vital to Trump's overall finances and was once one of his biggest money-makers - but it has been in steep decline, according to the Washington Post. Walter Shaub, a former director of the Office of Government Ethics and a senior director of ethics at the Campaign Legal Center, tweeted that the decision was"so overtly corrupt" that it could not be viewed as anything other than a loyalty test for senators.Asked if Trump was aware the choice of venue would inevitably raise accusations of impropriety, Mulvaney said he was - and had decided to go ahead anyway.

 

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