Trump planning to cash in on upcoming U.N.General Assembly

[Tanuki]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/world/national-security/trump-may-host-visiting-leaders-at-his-nj-golf-club-during-upcoming-un-gathering/2017/08/04/59e50176-7630-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html

"President Trump is planning to host foreign leaders at his New Jersey golf club when he attends the annual U.N. General Assembly session next month, breaking decades of precedent for U.S. presidents, said people familiar with preparations for the gathering.

The State Department is getting ready for an unspecified number of foreign meetings at the Bedminster, N.J., golf club over several days during the week of Sept. 18. The White House has not announced plans for Trump’s first visit to the gathering, which usually draws roughly 150 heads of state.
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“It’s better to do it in the city. Do it at the U.N.,” (Bill) Richardson said. “Symbolism is important. This is the U.N. There should be an acknowledgment of the importance of the U.N., not snubbing them.”
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Trump’s daughter and adviser Ivanka Trump and her husband, presidential adviser Jared Kushner, are also both expected to play roles during the gathering known as UNGA.

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Tillerson has directed the State Department to slash the number of staff sent to New York for the UNGA gathering to a third of the totals sent in recent years, people who have seen the directive said.
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Nancy McEldowney, a former career Foreign Service Officer and ambassador who now directs Georgetown University’s Master of Science in Foreign Service program, said she understands Tillerson’s desire for a more streamlined approach. But she warned that the administration will miss a big opportunity if it greatly lowers the U.S. profile at the U.N. gathering.

“It’s a very large, very complicated organization, and we always have a busy agenda that we have to work across all the member states. You need a large, experienced cohort of diplomats and experienced foreign policy experts to work the agenda,” McEldowney said.".....(more)

[spiderpig]

1. Ka-ching!!!

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[katmondoo]

2. Whom ever attends, I feel sorry for them

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Can't the UN dignitaries' representatives refuse to meet in NJ?

Say for the sake of security, Trump has to go to them?