President to Host June 2020 G7 Summit

[Shockm]

Thanks for clarifying. I don’t buy it though.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dis...w-is-unsettled

This article will answer most your questions Wufan. It mentions the Article/Clause that mentioned in the Constitution and the lack of historical clarification regarding the office of the Presidency and past practice vs. court clarifications. The Dems tried to stop this President’s agenda using many methods. Among them Spying on some of his supporters and alleged dealings with Russia calling it a counterintelligence investigation (Mueller), and court cases against the President (usually western liberal regions) to stop Trump policies, and FINALLY the emoluments clause (that has been mentioned above) that I don’t believe has ever been used against a President. This article tells about this method to stop President Trump from the start. It all comes down to the Swamp impeaching a President they don’t like imo.

The irony is that Trump has taken legal steps to remove himself from business entanglements while he is President. He’s the first President who wasn’t a politician or military general prior to running for President so he’s in new territory.

[wufan]

The legal analyst used by Fox News says it's the Emoluments clause.

Thanks for clarifying. I don’t buy it though.

[Aargh]

What’s the constitutional law that prohibits Trump from hosting the G7 at a resort he owns?

The legal analyst used by Fox News says it's the Emoluments clause.

[wufan]

Sounds like be cancelled the Doral hosting.

[wufan]

What’s the constitutional law that prohibits Trump from hosting the G7 at a resort he owns?

[Aargh]

If you believe Trump would ever do anything at cost, you don't understand him at all. When "no quid pro quo" actually means there was a quid pro quo (according to his Chief of Staff, the whistleblower's report, and the transcript Trump provided). When a "cease fire" means we gave Turkey the rights to occupy 2,000 square miles they've wanted to occupy for decades, and what we got in return was a promise that Turkey would allow Kurds 5 days to leave their homes without getting killed - with no enforcement provision if that was violated. Then "at cost" could mean ANYTHING.

The US hosting a major event at a property owned by the President is specifically banned in the Constitution. The semantics of "at cost" does nothing to make it legal. Determining the actual "cost" would be virtually impossible.

Holding the G7 at Doral is just another example of how Trump has operated his entire career. He blatantly ignores laws and contracts with a "so sue me" approach.

I'm not a brilliant tax accountant, but I know that if I were to do something at a resort I owned, and I was to do the event "at cost", I'd make a paper transfer of the property to another company I controlled, so accelerated depreciation could fire up. I'd make the "value" of the real assets well past the maximum value they could possibly have. Then I'd use accelerated depreciation on those assets, which means I could claim about 20% of the value of the real assets I had claimed as costs in the first year. My "costs" would include that depreciation. I'd fix the place up and claim 100% of that as a "cost" in the first year. Since I wouldn't have had to make those improvements, except for the fact that I was hosting a G7, I'd attribute every penny of any upgrades to the "cost" of the G7. That means MAJOR renovations could be made at the government's expense, but the G7 could still be said to be offered "at cost". I could clear millions in cash flow, spend millions of government $$ on improvements to my property, claim a loss for tax purposes, and claim the property was offered "at cost".

The House is responsible for oversight of the Executive Branch. That's why the House has a House Oversight Committee. The voters elected Trump. The voters also elected a Democratic House. In 2016 the voters spoke and said they wanted Trump in the White House. In 2018, the voters spoke again and said they wanted Democrats in charge of oversight of the Executive Branch. If the Dems in the House let Trump have the G7 at Doral, it's only because that would create an additional Article of Impeachment.

[Shockm]

I think everything I said were facts too except I added that I think Trump likes to twist the underwear of those who constantly attack him. He doesn’t play by traditional rules in the SWAMP. I don’t really trust him either because he is a narcicist who enjoys playing his enemies. Many of his policies and tactics I agree with and others I do not.

[wufan]

Trump says he’ll host G7 summit at cost at his resort — but provides few details

“A day after President Trump awarded the huge Group of Seven summit to his own struggling Doral resort in Florida, the White House said Trump’s company would charge taxpayers only enough to cover the resort’s costs.

But neither the White House nor the Trump Organization answered more detailed questions about what that means. They did not provide specific dollar amounts or say whether dollar amounts have been agreed to.”

Just stating facts...from our pocket to his. The Washington Post

i see your defense is my ignorance and pointing the finger at others. So feel free to continue taking personal shots and name calling.

I don’t understand your argument. They’re hosting at cost. Do you understand that “at cost” means he isn’t making any money on it?

[KraRam]

Trump says he’ll host G7 summit at cost at his resort — but provides few details

“A day after President Trump awarded the huge Group of Seven summit to his own struggling Doral resort in Florida, the White House said Trump’s company would charge taxpayers only enough to cover the resort’s costs.

But neither the White House nor the Trump Organization answered more detailed questions about what that means. They did not provide specific dollar amounts or say whether dollar amounts have been agreed to.”

Just stating facts...from our pocket to his. The Washington Post

i see your defense is my ignorance and pointing the finger at others. So feel free to continue taking personal shots and name calling.

[KraRam]

[Shockm]

Just keep telling yourself that as your tax dollars go in his pocket. Again, Love your sarcasm.

You’re no smarter than the Trumpster thinks he is.

Trump already has several mansions and is worth over 3 billion dollars. Do you actually think he became President to get rich? Now on the other hand, Obama, Bernie, Elizabeth, Joe Biden and many other politicians became enriched millionaires after they became politicians. It’s people like them and there are numerous politicians who have become enriched by the SWAMP that make me more incensed than a guy who thinks he’s smarter than he really is.

But in this case, I think the Trumpster has played you, Dems, and media like a fiddle and has you all out of sorts over this issue. LOL

[KraRam]

[KraRam]

[Shocker1976]

Just keep telling yourself that as your tax dollars go in his pocket. Again, Love your sarcasm.

OK, so you don't "see it"; perhaps you suffer from the same ailment as my personal progressive/Democratic friends - TDS.

As for my "...tax dollars go(ing) in his pocket"; you are aware the Trumpster does not accept a salary for serving as President. Where and how in your knowledge does he capture my tax dollars?

[KraRam]

Just keep telling yourself that as your tax dollars go in his pocket. Again, Love your sarcasm.