Trump’s Gifts From Other Nations Include a Vuitton Golf Bag and Portrait of Trump

  • State Department lists foreign gifts to U.S. officials
  • Secret Service destroyed $5,700 clock Bahrain gave Pence
Donald Trump and Emmanuel MacronPhotographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg
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What kind of gift would impress President Donald Trump? For Vietnam Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the answer was: a gold-framed portrait of Donald Trump.

The State Department on Monday published a list of gifts that foreign governments gave to Trump and other U.S. officials in 2018. The report offers a snapshot of how Trump’s peers curry his favor and a sometimes amusing account of how the U.S. government responds.