Do you think tRump is ignorant enough to think the gifts that are given to the

[DLCWIdem]

U.S. on behalf of other countries are his to keep. I just read that he said Clinton personally received the jewelry that was given to Clinton on the behalf of a Middle Eastern country. How many of you think he is stupid enough to believe he can keep these gifts personally.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. they don't get to keep it?

[jberryhill]

5. Um, not unless it is under $20 in value

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. oh! actually i do know that. I'm flashing to a west wing episode about this!

[MissB]

9. I mentioned in another thread that I saw a bunch

of the items given to fmr President Clinton and fmr Sec Clinton during the Clinton White House years. Lots on display at the presidential museum in Arkansas.

[TwilightZone]

12. There's also an excellent display of them at the LBJ museum in Austin, TX.

The variety of gifts was a bit mind-boggling.

[MissB]

13. Yes and some of it is quite beautiful.

I mean, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and all that but as I looked at the items on display I couldn't help thinking it was too bad that the US government got to keep it.

[TwilightZone]

15. The gifts are often made to the country, with the president being the representative of the nation.

So it makes sense from that perspective. I do appreciate that a lot of it ends up at least somewhat accessible to the public.

[pansypoo53219]

6. property of the US government.

i actually went in a small kenosha or racine library + they had a glass display set up of different objects given to several govt people by foreign companies. had some very fancy arabic stuff.

[tonyt53]

2. But he keeps getting gifts from foreign countries. Oh, those are his wives he bought and paid for

[cosmicone]

3. State gifts to POTUS or FLOTUS are public property

They usually end up in presidential libraries as displays for all to see.

[DLCWIdem]

4. tRump does not seem to know this

I mean everyone who watched West Wing would know this

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. lol. you know i had forgotten that, but you are totally right

there was a whole west wing episode about this.

[yeoman6987]

10. He knows. He's hoping his supporters don't.

[DLCWIdem]

11. that is what I am debating: does he know or is he too ignorant to know

[MissB]

14. I vote ignorant.

He doesn't seem to have a passing knowledge of how government works and he strikes me as less than curious.

[TwilightZone]

16. I think he knows, but he's also throwing everything at the wall, hoping something will stick.

It's kind of an odd tactic this early in the campaign.