The coronavirus pandemic continues to hit all sectors of the economy, including the Trump National Doral Miami golf resort.
The Associated Press reported that the golf resort in South Florida, where President Donald Trump once talked of hosting the Group of Seven summit, has temporarily laid off 560 workers.
The resort hosted the PGA Tour for more than 60 years on its Blue Monster Course before what was then the WGC-Cadillac Championship moved to Mexico City in 2017 and became the WGC-Mexico Championship.
A notice filed with the State of Florida at the end of last month said the resort was forced to halt its business because of the coronavirus pandemic. The resort near Miami International Airport shut down mid-March.
The AP reported that the laid off workers are mostly food and beverage workers, golf attendants, housekeepers and bellhops. None of them are part of a union.
Last fall the White House announced plans to host the Group of Seven summit at the resort, but bipartisan concern that Trump would violate a clause in the Constitution that prohibits presidents from accepting gifts or payments from foreign governments forced a change of those plans.
About two weeks ago, the Washington Post reported that the Trump Organization had laid off or furloughed 1,500 employees at hotels in the U.S. and Canada.
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