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Presidential Gift Acceptance

The rules and regulations surrounding the acceptance of gifts by the President of the United States

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Jan 16, 2026
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Can US presidents keep gifts received during their term in office?

Yes — but with important limits: personal gifts from private individuals or domestic sources can often be retained by a president, while gifts from foreign governments are governed by the Constitution...

Jan 30, 2026
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Is there a maximum amount of gift value that the president is allowed to take without disclosing the gift?

There is no single, fixed dollar cap that bars the President from keeping a outright; instead the law treats foreign and domestic gifts differently and relies largely on disclosure rules, historical e...