No surprise: Trump will host the G7 at his own resort.

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(10-18-2019, 11:56 AM)GMDino Wrote: All seriousness aside even "at cost" DJT will be bailing out a (another) failing business of his with quick cash.

'Cause I get the feeling that the his admin WILL pay this bill while they stiff all the rally cities.

How bad does @realdonaldtrump’s Doral need this business? Look what’s happened there during his presidency. In ONE YEAR, from ‘16-‘17:
—revenue fell 13.8%
—Net operating income fell 62% pic.twitter.com/RTr9OST3wd

— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) October 17, 2019

(10-18-2019, 12:22 PM)hollodero Wrote: There's a lot in this thread I find a bit astonishing, this is one of them. We actually should give him credit? Credit?

This would mean to adopt the most Trumpfriendly picture imaginable (he saves his poor buddies that want to party and do not know where) and treat it as the undisputable truth of the matter. First, one needs to believe him when he says "at cost", and there is zero rational reason to believe anything Trump says. That is not a biased statement. There simply isn't.

Also, "at cost" seems a fishy assumption to begin with, even if that were true (and not just said because otherwise, it would be breaking the law). Even "at cost", he gets a property rented out that usually is not, especially at the time. Also, detour profitability is probably the biggest factor in deals like this one.

Credit to Trump for blatantly promoting his own property. Pshaw.

Doral’s operating income is down 69% since 2014 and the month when the summit will be held is one of their slowest, with only 40% of the resort booked at that time.

Great way to boost the image of a failing business during a slow period. There’s also only 2 presidential suites, so there’s the question of what upgrades need to be made and will any taxpayer dollars go towards it.

But we’re to believe Mick when he says “Doral was far and away the best physical facility for this meeting” even when he follows it up by saying that the public is “absolutely not” going to get to see any information on the vetting process lol.

Trust Trump