Trump suggests he might host next year's G-7 summit at a Trump golf resort in Florida

Trump meets with Angela Merkel at G-7 summit

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published 26 August 2019

The reporters covering the Group of Seven summit in Biarritz, France, were briefly ushered into the working session on climate change, oceans, and biodiversity, and one chair was conspicuous empty.

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"They love the location of the hotel," Trump said. "We haven't found anything that's even close to competing with it." Trump had apparently raised the idea of hosting world leaders at Doral before, and The Washington Post reported in June about all the ways Trump himself would profit — and does profit richly, directly and indirectly — by hosting such events at his properties, and even just visiting his resorts, as he has more than 125 times while in office.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.

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