CONGRESS/CORRUPTION/G7/INVESTIGATIONS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP BUSINESS: “Openly rebuffing congressional investigators and dismissing political optics, President Donald Trump will hold the G-7 summit of world leaders at one of his family’s resorts in the middle of an election year — shrugging off a House impeachment inquiry into whether he is illegally making money off the presidency. Trump’s decision to inject millions of dollars into his financially struggling Trump National Doral Miami resort puts him at risk of violating the Constitution and adding momentum to the congressional investigation just as he embarks on his reelection campaign…Trump expected the immediate criticism by lawmakers and ethics experts who were in near disbelief that he would blatantly disregard their previous warnings not to hold the summit at his resort. But unlike a typical politician who cares about appearances and optics, he not only didn’t mind, he welcomed the firestorm.”
–Anita Kumar and Quint Forgey, “Shrugging off allegations of self-dealing, Trump picks his Doral resort for G-7 summit,” Politico, October 17, 2019 4:28 pm