Permanent record

Administration selected Trump Doral for the G7

Event date: October 17, 2019
Category: Conflicts of interest and self-dealing
Posture:: Documented historical event

The administration announced that the 2020 G7 summit would be held at Trump's Doral resort. The selection raised conflict-of-interest concerns and was abandoned two days later; the summit was never held there.

Evidence basis

independent-corroboration

Disposition

The administration withdrew the Doral selection on October 19, 2019.

Dated sources

October 17, 2019 — TIME (Independent reporting)
October 17, 2019 — www.theusconstitution.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)
October 19, 2019 — CNBC selection and reversal context (Independent reporting)
October 20, 2019 — TIME (Independent reporting)
September 24, 2020 — www.citizensforethics.org (Institutional or advocacy analysis)

Correction status

No substantive correction recorded for this version.

Canonical citation

Administration selected Trump Doral for the G7. Donaldtrumpler.com. https://donaldtrumpler.com/records/2019-10-17-g7-doral-selection/

Last verified: September 7, 2026