#group of 7

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Group of Seven Exhibition Catalogue, May 1920, Art Gallery of Toronto. 

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Alfred Joseph Casson

Algonquin Provincial Park

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Franklin Carmichael, A Northern Silver Mine (1930). McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg.

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Trump National Doral is in the mix to host the G7 in 2020

The president has no qualms about criticism for mixing state and personal business.

Next year the United States will be hosting the 2020 G7 economic summit.

Trump’s profits from the Trump National Doral luxury golf resort in Miami, Florida have fallen 69% in the past two years. (According to Trump’s own tax consultant, the losses are the result of “some negative connotation that is associated with the brand.” In other words, the Trump name has been hurting Trump’s businesses.)

What do these two things have to do with each other?

“Trump has bigger designs for the Doral club: He has suggested holding next year’s Group of Seven meeting — a gathering of world leaders — at Doral or another of his luxury resorts.”

Problem solved!

The Trump Organization did indeed submit a bid to host the 2020 G7 summit at the Trump National Doral. The Trump administration has now formally selected Trump’s resort as one of the few official finalists. Trump’s latest gambit to add to the $1.6+ million he has already reaped in profits from his presidency--not to mention the $1.5+ million in campaign donations he’s paid to himself--appears to be going swimmingly.

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Franklin Carmichael (Canadian, 1890-1945), Silvery Tangle, 1921, oil on canvas, 119.7 x 101.6 cm, Toronto, Art Gallery of Ontario

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On June 27-28, 1976, President Ford hosted an International Economic Summit at the Dorado Beach Hotel near San Juan, Puerto Rico. Although the term wasn’t used until afterwards, this meeting was the first the Group of Seven (G7) summit.

The main participants were Prime Minister James Callaghan of the United Kingdom, President Valery Giscard d’Estaing of France, Prime Minister Takeo Miki of Japan, Prime Minister Aldo Moro of Italy, Chancellor Helmut Schmidt of Germany, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau of Canada, and President Ford. Their meetings covered multiple topics relating to economic recovery and expansion, including monetary issues, East/West trade, energy, and developing nations.

“Our countries have come through a difficult period. Our cooperation during this period has not only contributed to the resolution of problems, but has in fact significantly strengthened relations among our countries and among the industrialized democracies as a whole,” President Ford said in his remarks at the summit’s conclusion. “If we nurture the sense of common purpose and vision which has characterized these discussions, we have an opportunity to shape events and better meet the needs of our citizens and all the world.”

Image: Prime Minister Miki, Chancellor Schmidt, President Giscard d’Estaing, President Ford, Prime Minister Trudeau, Prime Minister Moro, and Prime Minister Callaghan Making Their Final Statements at the Conclusion of the International Economic Summit in Puerto Rico, 6/28/1976 (White House photograph B0379-35)

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J.E.H. MacDonald, Aurora, Georgian Bay (1931). The McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Kleinburg.