No gifts from foreign states

“No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And 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.”

Seems pretty clear, practical, wise. Like they could see this coming. When the Framers wrote the Constitution, they didn’t want a grifter in chief ruling the nation for profit, but obviously they could foresee such a person coming along someday.

So they told him in advance, you can’t “accept any present” “from a “foreign State.”

Everybody serving in government in this country takes an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.

President Trump should do so too, not constantly test its limits.

Scott Hunter

editor and publisher