No, I’m seriously asking the question. I’m fully aware of the laws but put those aside for a second. If there’s no enrichment and it saves money, can you articulate your problem with it?
For the sake of this discussion you want to set aside the Constitution of the United States that this decision violates???!?
If there's no enrichment??!? WTF? The government would be paying Trump for everyone to stay at his resort for crying out loud!!! How is THAT not enrichment??!?!
How in the hell would it 'save' money??!?! You're saying Doral would be 'cheaper' than having everyone stay at Camp David like they did the last time the summit was held in the US? Really?
Probably not but could be. Do you know how much Camp David costs? I don’t.
Our government owns Camp David. It is technically a military facility. So the cost would be considerably cheaper than renting out a private resort.
You’re assuming that Trump would make them pay for the facility rental at Doral. If they only paid the operating costs and not the facilities rental, that at cost would be in the realm and might even be cheaper due to having to bring in outside catering, security (well that’s probably augmented in either place), etc. Also, just because the military owns it doesn’t mean that they won’t still charge the G7 budget for usage of the facility.
Watching you make excuses for this idiocy is great!
It's been a hell of a week from Trump:
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He's moving it to the Motel 6 on OBT just to say fukc you to the haters.
Literally (word for word) a violation of the Constitution and you say "over nothing". You either aren't paying attention or the Constitution doesn't mean anything to you anymore.
Trump wanted to use his position as President and host of the G7 Summit to showcase his Doral resort to the World.
That's because using your position as President to benefit your family business is a blatant violation of the US Constitution. This time, Trump's plan was so egregious that even his Republican allies were having a hard time defending it -- so His Lordship punted.
Do we really need to rehash how feckless Hunter Biden became a millionaire on the backs of the Ukraine and China for doing nothing of value when daddy was VP?
After getting punked for your earlier ‘no big deal’ response, you’re going to respond to Trump’s blatant disrespect for the Constitution by...bringing up the son of a former VEEP?
Duh. The very notion that the Trump Doral National was 'the best' to begin with was laughable. First, its inland and not on a Florida beach, two it's in decline, three, planes to & from Miami International fly over it on a regular basis, and four, it doesn't have enough high-end suites to handle the event (oh, but Government-sponsored renovations would have taken care of that little detail.)
lots of good locations down there. that said, if the doral location were cheaper than the others, i dont see the problem. id rather the gov spend less money. hope whatever location they choose is cheaper than what doral quoted.
How the hell do you know it's 'cheaper'? Because Trump said so? If 'cheapest' is the priority, then Camp David is the no-brainer choice because we own it.
camp david isnt "free" it all has a cost. all im saying it go with the cheap option. if its trumps hotel fine, if its not thats ok too.
Really? You're going to keep chewing on this bone?
your reading comprehension is terrible. probably due to your advanced age.Really? You're going to keep chewing on this bone?
Damn, this reversal really sucks for balancing our federal budget, huh?
