Monday, October 21, 2019

Why Indeed

NY Times: Why Trump Dropped His Idea to Hold the G7 at His Own Hotel - He knew Democrats would criticize him. When Republicans started doing so, he changed his mind. By Maggie Haberman, Eric Lipton and Katie Rogers
Scholars who have studied the history of Group of 7 gatherings — dating to their start in the 1970s — said they could cite no other time when a president effectively tried to force global political leaders to pay his or her family money at a resort owned by the head of state.

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