White House: Summit at Trump property would look ‘lousy’
President drops plans for G-7 at his Doral resort in Florida
By ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press
Published: October 20, 2019, 5:55pm
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump dropped plans to hold an international summit at his Doral resort in Florida after realizing “it looks lousy” to steer business to his own property, his acting chief of staff said Sunday.
Mick Mulvaney said Trump was “honestly surprised by the level of pushback” against his choice of Doral for next year’s Group of Seven gathering.
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