WASHINGTON President Donald Trump has funneled hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to his own resorts since taking office, and now appears poised to direct other countries taxpayers yen, euros and pounds into his own pocket, too.

With the United States taking its turn to host the G-7 meeting of the largest democratic economies next year, Trump on Monday made it clear he wants the site to be his own golf resort in Doral, Florida .

With Doral, we have a series of magnificent buildings, we call them bungalows, they each hold from 50 to 70 very luxurious rooms with magnificent room views, he said at a news conference at the close of this years G-7 in Biarritz, France, before adding the lie: Im not going to make any money.

Thats just a nonsense statement, said Walter Shaub with the watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Shaub had run the Office of Government Ethics at the start of Trumps administration but resigned when Trump refused to follow his guidance on adhering to ethics laws. Hes the owner of the thing ... It at least creates the appearance of corruption.