The Founding Fathers, who decreed in the Constitution that a president can’t monetize his office, would surely have been pleased to learn that a weakened Donald Trump has waved the white flag of surrender and caved on his nakedly corrupt attempt to turn the next G-7 summit into a personal profit center.

Trump’s two surrender tweets, which landed on Saturday night, are not merely grist for laughter; they’re worthy of what Keith Richards calls “legs in the air laughter.” Check out the highlights: “I thought I was doing something good for our Country by using Trump National Doral in Miami…But, as usual, the Hostile Media & their Democrat Partners went CRAZY! Therefore, based on both Media & Democrat Crazed and Irrational Hostility…we will begin the search for another site…Thank you!”

Trump had long touted the benefits of his resort; last the summer he actually said: “It’s not about me.” And this past Thursday, he trotted out his pitiable acting chief of staff, Mike Mulvaney, to proudly announce that after the Trump team had (supposedly) surveyed at least nine U.S. sites, lo and behold, it had concluded that Trump’s financially struggling resort was “perfect.” Nevertheless, 48 hours later, he totally reversed himself left Mulvaney high and dry. (A routine fate for Trump flunkies.)

So, the big question: Did Trump tweet the truth on Saturday night when he said that he caved on Doral because of “Media & Democrat Hostility”? No way. Chalk that up as just another lie.

He caved because there was Republican hostility; because he’s getting politically weaker by the day. His last line of defense is the Republican gang on Capitol Hill. With impeachment rolling their way like a boulder at warp speed, and with Trump’s detestable Syria retreat threatening to Make ISIS Great Again, Trump could ill afford to tick them off with such a flagrant act of self-dealing corruption. Ultimately, they have the power to oust him. So rather than suck them even deeper into his sewage, he needed to drain some of it.

Prior to his flip-flip, the normally servile natives were starting to get restless. Some congressional Republicans reportedly signaled the White House that the stable genius should change his mind. Mike Simpson, a House member from Idaho – yes, red Idaho – lamented the other day: “You have to go out and try to defend him. Well, I don’t know if I can do that! (Choosing Doral) is politically insensitive. They should have known what the kickback is going to be on this, that politically he’s doing it for his own benefit.” Tom Cole, a House member from Oklahoma – yes, red Oklahoma – said: “I think there is certainly an appearance of conflict of interest.” Tom Reed, a House member from New York State, said the criticism heaped on Trump was “legitimate…I would encourage those at the White House to look at the optics and appearance of this.”

Um. It wasn’t just the “optics.” It was Section 1, Article 9 of the Constitution, which declares that “no person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of Congress, accept any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatsoever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.” (Italics mine.) And here’s the dictionary definition of Emolument: “A salary, fee, or profit from employment or office.”

Fortunately for the Republicans, he cut them a break. They already had enough on their plates without being compelled to defend his Doral summit, which would’ve been a manifestly impeachable act. But, Trump’s switcheroo made Mick Mulvaney look like a fool. On Thursday, the acting chief of staff scoffed at the notion of holding the G-7 at Camp David; Barack Obama hosted it there in 2012, said Mulvaney, and “the folks who participated in it hated it and thought it was a miserable place.” But Saturday night, we got this from Trump: “We will begin the search for another site, including the possibility of Camp David, immediately.”

Poor Mulvaney. He showed up on Fox News Sunday and floated the party line: Dear Leader is always right. It was the right decision to choose Doral, and “it’s the right decision to change.” He also said that Trump “was honestly surprised at the level of pushback” – which confirmed Trump’s ignorance of the Constitution (no surprise there), and his insufficient attention to his political weakness.

And he left us with this gem: “At the end of the day, you know, he still considers himself to be in the hospitality business.” Fine. Most Americans, at this point, would be happy to send him back.