President Trump decried the Constitution’s “phony emoluments clause” as he defended his original decision to host next year’s G-7 summit at his Doral resort in Miami.
On Saturday, Trump walked back his decision to hold the gathering of world leaders at his Florida property after the announcement drew bipartisan criticism and brought questions of whether he would be violating the clause in the Constitution that prohibits a president from profiting from foreign governments.
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