France Gave the US the Statue of Liberty. Qatar Offered Trump a $400M Plane. Experts Say It’s Not the Same

Can Trump legally accept a RM1.7b jet from Qatar? What the US Constitution says about foreign gifts

WASHINGTON, May 17 — US President Donald Trump's plan to accept a US$400 million (RM1.7 billion) aeroplane from Qatar raises a raft of questions about the scope of laws that relate to gifts from foreign governments and are intended to thwart corruption and improper influence, legal experts said. Below is a look at some of the laws and legal precedents: What does the US Constitution say? There are two provisions in the US Constitution that place …

France gave the US the Statue of Liberty. Qatar offered Trump a $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same

What do the Statue of Liberty and a super luxury jumbo Boeing 747-8 have in common? Other than their proximity to clouds, not much. But in response to concerns that […] The post France gave the US the Statue of Liberty. Qatar offered Trump a $400M plane. Experts say it’s not the same appeared first on Poynter.

Why Statue of Liberty, Qatar plane gifts are different

France’s gift of the Statue of Liberty and Qatar’s offer to give Trump a $400 million plane aren’t the same. The people of France gifted the statue to the American people, not to the U.S. government or one government official.