Rather than admit he was wrong for wanting to hold the G7 at Doral, Trump instead blamed his political rivals for the U.S. Constitution and its pesky checks on his power
Doral resort, “It would've been the greatest G7 ever.” And rather than admit any potential wrongdoing on his part, the president instead managed to blame his political rivals for the U.S. Constitution and its pesky checks on his power. “You people with this phony Emoluments Clause,” Trump told reporters., of course, is not a “phony” invention made up by the president's opponents, but rather an actual provision in Article I of the U.S.
Constitution, which stipulates that “no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” A separatein the Constitution also prohibits the president receiving any emolument other than his salary “from the United States, or any of them.
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