CORRUPTION/G7/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “President Trump may have reversed his decision to host world leaders at one of his own properties during next year’s Group of 7 summit at the urging of his fellow Republicans, but he hasn’t finished defending his right to do it in the first place. Mr. Trump on Monday [10-21-19] dismissed what he called the ‘phony emoluments clause’ of the Constitution that prohibits a president from illegally profiting from his business while in office and was cited by critics of his choice of Trump National Doral Miami for the summit. He also accused President Barack Obama of trying to profit off the presidency…Mr. Trump said Democrats had gone ‘crazy’ over the prospect of hosting an international summit at a Trump property, when in fact it was private criticism from Republicans that ultimately forced his rare reversal.”
–Annie Karni, “Trump Dismisses ‘Phony Emoluments Clause,’ Defending Doral,” The New York Times online, October 21, 2019