The White House said Thursday it has chosen President Donald Trump�s golf resort near Miami as the site for next year�s Group of Seven summit.

The announcement to hold the event at Trump National Doral comes at the same time the president has accused Joe Biden�s family of profiting from public office because of Hunter Biden�s business activities in Ukraine when his father was vice president.

The G-7 summit will be held June 10 to 12. The idea of holding the event at Trump�s resort has been criticized by government ethics watchdogs.

Trump has touted his resort, saying it�s close to the airport, has plenty of hotel rooms and offers separate buildings for every delegation.

A team looking at the sites reported that it was �the perfect physical location to do this,� acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said. He said about a dozen potential sites were narrowed to a list of four finalists before Doral was selected.

�It became apparent at the end of that process that Doral was by far and away, far and away, the best physical facility for this meeting,� Mulvaney said.

Mulvaney said that holding the event at Doral would be dramatically cheaper than other sites and that Trump would not be profiting from the event.

�There�s no issue here on him profiting from this in any way, shape or form,� Mulvaney said.

Some watchdog groups disagreed with Mulvaney�s assessment.

Trump �no longer sees fit even to pretend that he is constrained by the law or the Constitution,� said Robert Weissman, president of Public Citizen.

�The president is now officially using the power of his office to help prop up his struggling golf business,� said Noah Bookbinder, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

When the United States has hosted the summit before, it has been held in Puerto Rico; Williamsburg, Virginia; Houston; Denver; Sea Island, Georgia; and Camp David, the presidential retreat in Maryland.

(AP)