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Key local officials, for example, the mayor of doral, florida, say that they only learned about the summit when everybody else did, on twitter, on tv. the mayor of doral says he's yet to get a call from the white house about this at all, which would imply there hasn't been an extensive federal review about the city's planning and security preparations that they would need to be able to promise to carry off an event like this. i mean, there's no shortage of reasons as to why this whole idea is a major problem. my colleague steve benen has honed in on the biggest issue of all. steve writes, quot...
Problem play out. when saudi arabia, for example, books rooms at the trump international hotel in d.c., and some of the profits from that transaction end up in the u.s. president's pocket. president trump can defend the arrangement by saying it's entirely passive. he played no role in the saudi's decision to stay there. that defense disappears with the g-7 summit scheme. it's all active corruption, not passive corruption. president trump with this deal in no uncertain terms is telling some of the most powerful leaders that if they wish to participate in next year's international diplomatic sum...
Retirement. who does the president need on his side here to confirm his -- the possible replacement? >> so everybody is looking at the two democrats. they're both -- or sorry republicans, they're both pro choice republicans. they're the two votes that if he gets he's problem play across the line but he also met with three red state democrats who are under a lot of pressure under the midterms. these are all people who voted for gorsuch, so he got across the line relatively easily in the end. this seems to be a more contentious fight. >> what's the likelihood that we'll see collins stick with th...
Important. let's not get too carried away leer about how important it is, it imposes a personality that will is far less than providing health coverage. meanwhile, there is a major ongoing problem with the implementation of obama care, one that no one's talking about, that is outrageous and destructive and far reaching in consequence. we saw that problem play out in realtime in pennsylvania's state senate today. lawmakers left for the summer after a committee vote that killed a plan for participating in obama care's medicare extension. it would have extended health care coverage to 850,000 uni...