He is one of the most powerful people in the world. He is coming to the meeting of 20 powerful countries. And he has a problem: no hotel room for the G20.
White House officials apparently waited too long to book accommodations for President Trump, leaving him without a hotel in Hamburg, Germany, as world leaders converge for the G20 summit.
Organizers announced the scheduled summit in February 2016, which requires 9,000 hotel rooms to accommodate world leaders, their sizable staffs, and security details.
The Hamburger Abendblatt, a local news outlet, reported that the US government wanted to accommodate Trump in the Four Seasons, but it was already booked. In fact, it turns out that every luxury hotel in Hamburg was reportedly booked by the time the Americans called, leaving Trump, who is associated with an empire of hotel properties, scrambling for a place to stay.
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Update: Trump Scrambles for G-20 Hotel (US News and World Report)
WNU Editor: The press is blaming President Trump for this sanfu ..... but my gut is telling me that they are wrong. These reservations are usually done a year in advance. For example .... next year's G20 is in Buenos Aires .... and I am sure most (if not all) of the hotels have already been booked and/or slated for the heads of state who will be visiting. And while I do not know how the U.S. goes about booking their reservations .... and what I am going to say is pure speculation on my part .... but a part of me wonders if officials in the State Department/White House during the Obama administration made the decision to not bother making any reservations for the G20 meeting in Hamburg because they knew that they would not be here at this time .... an oversight not noticed by the incoming Trump administration until U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson himself was stuck with no hotel reservation during the Group of 20 meeting in February at Bonn. I am sure that after that event there was a scramble (and probably an awareness) that it was too late to book anything for Hamburg ... hence the reason why President Trump is staying at Hamburg's Senate guesthouse for the next few days. But like I said .... I am just speculating. :)
Update: On a side note .... a few months ago the GF wanted me to book a villa at a specific resort in St. Barts for her 50th birthday next year. Went about doing it .... and .... all of them were already BOOKED!!!!! Lesson of the day .... if you want to book something nice .... you have to do it a year plus in advance .... a lesson that I am sure the people in the White House are well aware of tonight.
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