With two weeks until the election, Trump visits D.C. to promote his new hotel

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With two weeks until the election, Trump visits D.C. to promote his new hotel

With his White House dreams increasingly in question, Donald Trump is spending precious campaign time promoting his private business in the final weeks of the long race. Hillary Clinton, meanwhile, is using his appearances to undermine his business credentials out on the campaign trail, accusing him of having “stiffed American workers." Less than two weeks before Election Day — and with polls showing him trailing in many battleground states — Trump took a break from campaigning Wednesday morning to formally open his new hotel in Washington. His remarks at the hotel, which has struggled to fill rooms amid the controversy surrounding his presidential bid, followed a visit Tuesday to another of his properties, the Doral golf course outside Miami.

Under budget and ahead of schedule. So important. We don’t hear those words so often, but you will. Today is a metaphor for what we can accomplish for this country.

Trump, subtly linking the hotel redevelopment to his promised performance as president

As Trump cut ribbons, Clinton was slamming Trump’s business practices at a Florida campaign rally, saying that he has built his empire with Chinese-manufactured steel, overseas products and labor from immigrants who are in the United States illegally. Trump’s unusual travel schedule, amid signs that the controversy surrounding his campaign has hurt his corporate brand, raises questions about whether the GOP nominee has begun to turn his attention to his post-election plans. Clinton, too, has been focusing on what happens after Nov. 8, although her efforts assume she wins. Sources familiar with her transition planning effort say she plans to impose strict ethics rules on how lobbyists may participate on her team. In recent days, she’s begun expanding the scope of her campaign to help down-ballot Democrats, since er party sees an opportunity to win control of the Senate and reduce its deficit in the House. Meanwhile, she is retooling her campaign message to emphasize unifying the country after a divisive race.