more. and i think this relates to ukraine and everything going on internationally. there is increasing distrust of the president when it comes to foreign policy because his decisions are so erratic, if not verging on corrupt. there is no way to stop it. people cannot be responsible for this. and as of now we re looking at everything through the lens of impeachment. if donald trump has gone forward with holding the g-7 at doral that would have been an article of impeachment about emoluments very difficult to oppose. so hold on a second. so we spent two years on a russia investigation, right and democrats and the media were all about what happened in 2016 election. what mick mulvaney said was donald trump said let s look and get the server, this is the dnc server that this is the disputed absurd conspiracy theory you re talking about. it may be. but he said i m investigating the 2016 election in the that the republicans made findings and everyone agrees and for some reason
will select another location for the summit. here is mulvaney on why president trump backed out. he was surprised at the level of pushback. at the end of the day he considered himself to be in the hospitality business and he saw an opportunity to take the biggest leaders in the world and put on the best show, the best visit he possibly could. he was comfortable to doing that at doral and we were all surprised at the pushback. jon: you can catch the full interview with mick mulvaney at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. a kurdish military leader tells fox news u.s. troops need to stay in the region and says there will be a quote ethnic cleansing of the kurds if the planned troop withdrawal goes through.
several months ago back in august and having that whole news cycle blow up and then making the formal announcement, sending his chief of staff, mick mulvaney out to the white house podium and talking about the president s resort. even though the president has pulled back on this idea and reversed course, he is getting quite a bit of free publicity. i will also point out in terms of republican criticism, mick mulvaney was at camp david yesterday meeting with a number of republicans, including some leaders and perhaps had heard some pushback there at camp david and maybe that is why we ve seen the timing work out the way it has with the president changing course on his doral decision. to your point, scott, it is getting increasingly difficult for republicans to defend the president not only on doral but also on ukraine and syria. yesterday it was announced he would not here s congressman
all stances and without reservation or challenge him and criticize him and follow a primary right now we re looking at republicans who are able to defend the president against the impeachment inquiry but at the same time challenge him on the decisions he made in syria. they re towing a fine line and rooney shows it s a tough position for all of them now. house republicans are retiring, 15. three in the senate. scott, how is this impeachment inquiry facing the republicans in congress? it s putting them in an incredibly difficult position, i think. in a very difficult position to defend the president on a number of fronts. not only impeachment but also syria and things like doral that come up from time to time. i think you re seeing a president that is increasingly
doral. the constitution. although the president insisted he was willing to do it for no profit, the massive amount of free publicity may have benefited the resort with a net operating income fell 69% in two years. here s the acting chief of staff in a rare briefing announcing and defending the initial decision to host the g7 at doral. around one night in the dining room and going over it with a couple of the advance team. we had the list, what about doral. that s not the craziest idea. we believe this is the best place to have it. we re going to have it there and there will be folks that will never get over the fact that it s a trump property. but we re still going to go there. one house republican questioned why not host the summit anywhere else less controversial? i m not happy about it. i red the emoluments clause again and i don t know if it s a direct violation, but i don t understand why at this moment