President Trump revealed Friday that his own golf resort — Trump National Doral Miami — will host next year’s G20 summit in Florida.
“Everybody wants it there because it’s right next to the airport. It’s the best location. It’s beautiful — beautiful everything,” Trump said Friday afternoon in the Oval Office.
The president, who purchased the property out of bankruptcy for $150 million in 2012, insists he won’t profit from hosting the gathering of world leaders at Doral.
“They actually requested that it be there because the location is the best, and we will not make any money on it,” Trump claimed. “You know, we’re doing a deal where it’s not going to be money — there’s no money in it.”
Trump said that his Doral resort will be used because “you can’t get a room in Florida in December” and his own property will ensure that each country will “have their own buildings.”
“It’ll be incredible for them, and being like 10 minutes, less than 10 minutes, from the airport, and it’s a big airport,” he said.
“All of the planes will be able to land and go right into their quarters. So I think it’ll work out.”
Trump National Doral Miami boasts having “lavish resort accommodations” and “world-class amenities” along with four championship-level golf courses, including the iconic “Blue Monster” course, which has been used for several PGA and LIV tour competitions.
Trump in 2019 announced plans to host the 2020 G7 summit at the Doral resort, but changed course in response to bipartisan criticism.
At the time, the president blamed critics invoking the Constitution’s “phony emoluments clause” — which guards against the commander in chief profiting from the presidency — to question the legality of the decision for his move to scrap the Doral-G7 plans.
The White House had argued that holding the summit at Trump’s property would be “dramatically cheaper” than other locations because the resort would host the event “at cost.”
Next year’s G20 summit will coincide with the nation’s 250th anniversary and will mark the first time the US has hosted the forum since 2009.
Trump, who described Miami as “one of our country’s greatest cities,” was joined by Mayor Francis Suarez, a Republican, in the Oval Office for the announcement.
“This decision is not only generationally important for the city, but it puts the city on the map as one of the truly great global cities,” Suarez said.
“We thank you for believing in us,” the mayor continued. “We thank you for highlighting our city in a time when we have the lowest homeless rate in 11 years, we’re on the precipice of having the lowest homicide rate in history and with the lowest taxes — so, we’re following your America First agenda.”
Trump said that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent would lead planning for the event agenda.
