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5. The key is "personal" gifts. If the plane is accepted by government, and trump doesn't walk away with it after
Tue May 13, 2025, 11:15 AM
May 2025

he's finally out of here, I bet it will be deemed legal, even if highly suspect.

trump will likely have to turn it over to National Archives and Records Admin like Obama did with $1.3 M in Saudi jewels gifted to President Obama, First Lady, and their daughters. They cannot keep it legally. trump will have a hard time walking away with a plane that has to be registered as a gift.
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The State Department keeps the registry of gifts. trump will have a hard time hiding a plane, although I’m sure he’ll try.

“The items must be later turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration, or the recipient can pay the market value of the gift and keep it.”

https://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/data-mine/2015/12/02/the-king-of-saudi-arabia-gave-over-13m-in-gifts-to-the-obamas-last-year

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