President Donald Trump is facing backlash for his willingness to accept an airplane worth an estimated $400 million from Qatar’s royal family. While Trump is president, the super luxury Boeing 747-8 jumbo jet would be used as the new Air Force One, then it would go to Trump’s presidential library after his term ends. If accepted, the airplane could become the most expensive gift from a foreign government to a U.S. elected official, ABC News reported.
Hoever, legal experts believe accepting the gift would violate the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause, which reads, "No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
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