White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney has announced that next year's G-7 Summit will take place at Doral, President Trump's golf resort outside of Miami. A property from which he earned $76 million last year.
Last I checked, the Emoluments Clause of the U.S. Constitution states:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.
By holding the G-7 at his golf resort, President Trump is effectively expecting emoluments from six foreign governments. And Congress hasn't given its consent.
Of course, this isn't the first time nonsense like this has happened. The U.S. Air Force has stayed at Trump's properties during refueling stops in Scotland. Last month, while in Ireland, Vice President Pence stayed at a Trump property 180 miles from Dublin where his meetings were scheduled to take place.
The bottom line is that President Trump is profiting from the presidency. This is something the Founding Fathers never intended. It is up to Congress to stop it from continuing.
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