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13. What about the "tremendous ballrooms"? What about proximity to Miami Intl Airport?
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 10:15 PM
Oct 2019
Trump Lashes Out at Coverage of Awarding G7 to Resort He Owns, Also Extolls Resort’s ‘Tremendous Ballrooms’
By Connor Mannion, Oct 19th, 2019, 9:45 pm, Mediaite

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Donald J. Trump@realDonaldTrump
I thought I was doing something very good for our Country by using Trump National Doral, in Miami, for hosting the G-7 Leaders. It is big, grand, on hundreds of acres, next to MIAMI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, has tremendous ballrooms & meeting rooms, and each delegation would have...
8:18 PM - Oct 19, 2019


Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Replying to @realDonaldTrump
.....its own 50 to 70 unit building. Would set up better than other alternatives. I announced that I would be willing to do it at NO PROFIT or, if legally permissible, at ZERO COST to the USA. But, as usual, the Hostile Media & their Democrat Partners went CRAZY!
8:18 PM - Oct 19, 2019
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Trump also highlighted Doral’s proximity to Miami International Airport as a positive, but Chuck Todd and David Fahrenthold pointed to that as a negative on Friday, both of them agreeing it was a security risk for the high-profile event.

“Doral is right on the Miami airport flight paths,” Todd said. “I think one of my reporters told me there’s like 20 different flight paths that are going to have to be diverted.”

“This is such a security nightmare to put it in the middle of a neighborhood where you’re going to have the neighbors coming and going,” Fahrenthold said.

More:https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trump-lashes-out-at-coverage-of-awarding-g7-to-resort-he-owns-also-extolls-resort-tremendous-ballrooms/
What. A. Loser. mcar Oct 2019 #1
More winning RGinNJ Oct 2019 #2
I'm sure this decision had nothing to do with congress vowing to block funds... dlk Oct 2019 #3
Or maybe some foreign leaders letting him know they wouldn't come The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2019 #7
Exactly-what if we hosted the G7 and no one came? dlk Oct 2019 #10
It would be the G-1? Generic Brad Oct 2019 #21
Party of two: You don't think he'd leave his boss back in Moscow, do you? catbyte Oct 2019 #37
Putin may not want to deal with the bed bugs, though rurallib Oct 2019 #55
He sounds triggered. Scurrilous Oct 2019 #4
This link just popped up in my fee if you want to use it. Quackers Oct 2019 #5
Will do, thanks! George II Oct 2019 #6
Perfect! herding cats Oct 2019 #9
If I see a msm link I'll toss it in the thread. herding cats Oct 2019 #8
Trump says his Doral resort will no longer host G-7 after backlash Judi Lynn Oct 2019 #11
Hmmmmm, so if you are so strong, why not blow off- OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2019 #27
Maybe we don't want to shell out the massive fund to fix up trumps personal property. The notdarkyet Oct 2019 #35
"We will BEGIN the search ..." Scarsdale Oct 2019 #48
So his lawyers finally got to him. JohnnyRingo Oct 2019 #12
We get some credit there.. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2019 #25
+1 nt Hotler Oct 2019 #66
What about the "tremendous ballrooms"? What about proximity to Miami Intl Airport? progree Oct 2019 #13
"Each delegation would have its own private outhouse!" eom sprinkleeninow Oct 2019 #24
The bed bugs are out there too... progree Oct 2019 #39
True, true. sprinkleeninow Oct 2019 #46
I suspect the G6 told him no, ooky Oct 2019 #73
He must have been told that his base doesn't like this idea. BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #14
Bazinga! George II Oct 2019 #15
Bazinga? True Blue American Oct 2019 #31
Trump Humpers DO.NOT.CARE. Skittles Oct 2019 #23
You're right. BigmanPigman Oct 2019 #29
yup Skittles Oct 2019 #32
According to one of his flock Scarsdale Oct 2019 #49
And as a bonus manhattan123 Oct 2019 #16
Bazinga! George II Oct 2019 #18
Actually I heard they implemented a fumigation scheme at all his hotels after that. cstanleytech Oct 2019 #20
I suspect it was Maddow's graphic bedbug story Loubee Oct 2019 #30
Haven't got the bedbugs cleared out yet, eh Donald? keithbvadu2 Oct 2019 #17
his lawyers must have told him dweller Oct 2019 #19
But if he is not in office at next G7 MyMission Oct 2019 #36
I wonder if it was put into his head that if he pursued it... LiberalFighter Oct 2019 #22
Isn't it a little unfair to the rest of the G7? Stopping them from visiting the best dem4decades Oct 2019 #26
No kidding. Where else will they possibly find such "tremendous ballrooms?" catbyte Oct 2019 #38
"Ballroom" means something different to Trump than to the rest of us jmowreader Oct 2019 #69
Ew, lol. Please pass the... catbyte Oct 2019 #70
But... czarjak Oct 2019 #28
Very, very unfair to his bed bugs dalton99a Oct 2019 #33
There was a huge 'Bed Bug Boycott'.... SergeStorms Oct 2019 #34
He'll change his mind again tomorrow or the next day LeftInTX Oct 2019 #40
The only reason he tried this is because he thought the Repugnants in the Senate and House cstanleytech Oct 2019 #41
And the only reason for this tweet was he KPN Oct 2019 #61
Camp David was never designed for such an event. He's blowing smoke. Hekate Oct 2019 #42
Barack Obama chose Camp David to host the 38th G8 summit in 2012. Celerity Oct 2019 #43
I stand corrected! Hekate Oct 2019 #44
no problem! Celerity Oct 2019 #45
Camp David is probably the best place for it to be BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #47
I wonder how much he planned of taxpayer cash Scarsdale Oct 2019 #50
I'm sure the whole family was like BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #51
I am sure Mel had some ideas rurallib Oct 2019 #56
My take - Trump's saying if I'm not making money off it NO ONE IS underpants Oct 2019 #64
As long as they continue to allow him to operate that hotel in D.C. BumRushDaShow Oct 2019 #65
#don'tlettheBedBugsbite Guilded Lilly Oct 2019 #52
Now the G-7 leaders will have to find their own BYOB Ramsey Barner Oct 2019 #53
I bet he found out the other world leaders were about to refuse to attend if it was brewens Oct 2019 #54
He backed down because every time the name Doral is said, someone says bedbugs. Vinca Oct 2019 #57
If it is Camp David, Trump's Hotel will probably cater the event. yellowcanine Oct 2019 #58
Senate Republicans have complete power over Trump now. Chemisse Oct 2019 #59
Tee hee! Sleep tight. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2019 #60
I doubt it ever was considered! whistler162 Oct 2019 #62
Good news! Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #63
I'll be damned. Not the first time Dump has caved under public and political pressure. Nitram Oct 2019 #67
He didn't want this violation of the emoluments clause on the articles of impeachment. nt iluvtennis Oct 2019 #68
And the world sighs in relief. nt leftyladyfrommo Oct 2019 #71
I CANNOT believe he caved. usually he does the opposite. nt oldsoftie Oct 2019 #72
Oh well gembaby1 Oct 2019 #74
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