The G7 at Doral Selection and Withdrawal
- Promised
- At Trump's January 2017 press conference, counsel for the Trump Organization said the arrangement would isolate him from the business, bar new foreign deals and donate foreign-government hotel profits to the Treasury.Open cited record · 2 sources
- The record
- The White House announced that the 2020 G7 summit would be held at Trump National Doral.Open cited record · 1 sourceTrump withdrew Doral from consideration before the summit occurred.Open cited record · 1 source
- Who gained
- Who paid
- G7 governments and delegations
- United States taxpayers
- G7 governments and delegations
- Audit finding
- reversed
The initial selection would have directed official summit activity to a Trump-owned resort; withdrawal prevented the planned event from occurring there.
Causal strength: documented mechanism