Trump says G20 summit next year will be held at his Doral resort near Miami
President Donald Trump announced on Friday that the group of 20 summit for next year will take place in a complex that his family business has in Florida.
Trump National Doral is “the best location” for the two -day event, the president told journalists at the Oval Office. He added that his family business “will not accept money on it”.
Trump abandoned a similar accommodation effort during his first mandate, when he sought to hold the summit of the group of seven in the same complex in the Miami region, after a bipartite criticism according to which it could benefit him financially and violate a clause of the Constitution which prohibits the president from receiving emoluments from foreign governments without the approval of the Congress.
The Trump administration was examined by similar ethical concerns of both parties this year when the Pentagon said that it had accepted a luxury mega of Qatar as donated to Trump.
The mayor of Miami, Francis Suarez, a republican, made brief remarks in the oval office after Trump had made the announcement on Friday and said that the summit in December 2026 would be a boon for small business owners “who would benefit economically from G20 to Miami”.
“It will bring millions and millions of dollars,” said Trump.
The country holding the G20 presidency welcomes the annual summit. South Africa holds the presidency this year and will host the summit in Johannesburg in November.
Trump said on Friday that he would not attend the rally in South Africa. Instead, Vice-President JD Vance is expected to attend the summit, said Trump.
Trump said on Friday that in addition to the 19 European and African countries and unions, other nations would attend next year as “observers”. He also said that he had extended one of these invitations to Poland when his new president Karol Nawrocki visited the White House this week.
The G20 summit took place for the last time in the United States in 2009, in Pittsburgh.
