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Trump plans to accept a $400 million luxury jet from a foreign government

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Donald Trump is planning to accept a $400 million luxury jet from a foreign government as a gift.

Many Republicans on Capitol Hill shrugged off the news or dodged questions about the deal.

The U.S. Constitution forbids anyone holding public office from accepting gifts from foreign officials or governments without explicit approval from Congress .

The American Framers didn’t — & the American people don’t — want a president corrupted by foreign state money, gifts or luxury jets,” Raskin wrote Tuesday on social media. “No presents of any kind whatever’ are allowed from foreign states and kings without Congressional consent.”.