100+ Unexplained President Trump Gifts: US Democrats
Legislators say they failed to disclose $250,000 in gifts the Trump family received from foreign governments while in the White House.
A golden golf club from Japan and a sword from the Saudi royal family are among gifts from the former royal family, according to US lawmakers. President Donald Trump He did not make any public announcements during his tenure.
In a statement released Friday, Democrats on the U.S. House Oversight Committee listed more than 100 items they say Trump and his family didn’t report on during their four years in the White House. was worth over $250,000.
The list includes 16 gifts from Saudi Arabia worth more than $45,000 in total (including a dagger worth up to $24,000) and 17 gifts from India (expensive cufflinks, vases and a $4,600 Taj Mahal). ) were included.
The U.S. Foreign Gifts Act requires the President, Vice President, and their families to report gifts valued over several hundred dollars by foreign officials. The Department of State has a Diplomatic Gifts Unit to keep records of these gifts.
Rep. Jamie Ruskin, the Democratic head of the Oversight Committee, accused Trump and his administration of “brazen disregard for the rule of law” and “systematic mishandling of large gifts from foreign governments.” .
In a statement, Ruskin pledged to investigate the whereabouts of “many extravagant personal gifts” that have never been reported, and that the commission determined that “they could influence the President in the conduct of U.S. foreign policy.” It added that it was working to determine “whether it could have been used to give
The list also included a larger-than-life painting of Trump as President of El Salvador, which commission investigators believe may have been moved to Trump-owned Florida. mansion by the sea And 3 golf clubs.
Also unknown are the thousands of dollars in golf clubs Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gifted to President Trump in 2018 and 2019. They included a $3,755 gold golf driver.
In a joint statement, Democrats said their report “raises serious questions as to why former President Trump did not disclose these gifts to the public as required by federal law.” rice field.
The investigation follows allegations that former President Jair Bolsonaro tried to bring into the country jewelry gifted to him by Saudi Arabia during his tenure, worth more than $3.2 million, without declaring it an official gift. It reflects an investigation recently launched by Brazilian authorities.
On Wednesday, Bolsonaro, who has worked closely with the former U.S. president and nicknamed him “tropical Trump,” ordered to capsize A set of jewelry that passed through Brazilian customs.
Trump, who is running for re-election in 2024, did not immediately react to the Democrats’ report.