President Trump is blaming Democrats for his sudden reversal on hosting next year's G7 summit at his private Doral resort, but two sources tell NBCNews that a group of House Republicans expressed their concern and unease about the plans directly to Trump.
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is blaming Democrats for his sudden reversal on hosting next year's G-7 summit at his private Doral resort, but two sources told NBC News that a group of House Republicans expressed their concern and unease about the plans directly to Trump.
The sources said Trump called into a Saturday afternoon meeting of moderate House Republicans, which had been convened by acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney at Camp David to focus on the fall legislative agenda.Trump was told, the sources said, that the majority of the room felt it would be best for him to reverse himself.
Critics of the plans had accused Trump of seeking to profit from the presidency, although the president had insisted he would host the world gathering at cost and make nothing from it. Later Saturday evening, Trump announced via Twitter that the summit would no longer be held at his Miami property — two days after the White House said that it would.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Impeachment a 'mortal threat' to Trump, White House struggling to combat inquiry warns Steve BannonThe former Trump adviser tells the New York Post that the White House should set up a 24-7 impeachment squad to deal with the crisis.
Read more »
White House: Summit at Trump property would look 'lousy''I think he knows, people think it looks lousy.' Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney discusses President Trump's abrupt decision to drop plans to host an international summit at his Doral resort in Florida.
Read more »
Unemployed Dad Channels All His Energy Into Creating, Running Haunted HousePORT CLINTON, OH—Unemployed father Daniel Spencer, 42, has reportedly spent the past several weeks focusing all his time and energy on transforming his home into a haunted house for Halloween.
Read more »
U.S. Defense Secretary, House Speaker Make Separate Surprise Visits to AfghanistanWeeks after President Trump threw out a deal with Taliban insurgents to pull U.S. forces from Afghanistan, his top defense official and his main political nemesis made unannounced visits to the Afghan capital to reassure the government that the U.S. wouldn’t abandon the country.
Read more »
The impeachment fight is forcing the White House into damage-control modeFirst Read is your briefing from 'Meet the Press' and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.
Read more »