Beyond the gold bar, Rolex clock: The gifts Trump has gotten while in office
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U.S. President Donald Trump is presented with the Grand Order of Mugunghwa and the Silla gold crown by South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on October 29, 2025; Photo: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images
A Swiss delegation presented President Trump with lavish gifts — including a 1-kilogram personalized gold bar worth $130,000 and a Rolex desktop clock — during a Nov. 4 visit aimed at persuading him to ease the tariffs he imposed on their country.
The big picture: The Swiss visit is one of many this year in which foreign leaders and organizations have presented Trump with luxurious gifts as they try to maintain relations with his administration.
- The Foreign Gifts and Decoration Act bars the president and federal officials from accepting gifts worth more than $480 — the current minimum value — unless they're accepted on behalf of the United States or purchased by the official.
Yes, but: Trump and his family failed to report at least 117 foreign gifts worth roughly $291,000 during his first term in office, according to a 2023 report by the then Democrat-led House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Here's a look at some of the most grand gifts Trump has been given this year:
March
- Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin gifted Trump a Waterford crystal bowl filled with shamrocks, continuing the long-standing St. Patrick's Day ritual between the two nations.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin presented Trump with a portrait of himself raising his fist — a depiction of him after the assassination attempt at Trump's 2024 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
May
- The Qatari Royal Family sparked major ethics concerns after gifting Trump a $400 million jet to be used as the new Air Force One —the plane is worth 100 times more than every other presidential gift from a foreign nation since 2001 combined.
June
- During an Oval Office meeting with Trump, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shared a copy of the president's grandfather's birth certificate in celebration of his family's German roots.
August
- Trump received a complete set of 1984 Olympic medals, symbolizing his role as host of the 2028 Los Angeles games.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung gave Trump a golf putter engraved with his name and the numbers 45 and 47, a nod to his two presidential terms.
- When Apple CEO Tim Cook announced a $100 billion investment in U.S. manufacturing facilities, he gifted Trump a glass disc with a 24-karat gold base.
- During a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Trump was given a golf club that belonged to Ukrainian soldier Kostiantyn Kartavtsev, who lost his leg during the war with Russia. Kartavtsev had given the club to Zelensky to pass on to Trump.
Oct.
- At his first meeting with Japan's new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, she gave Trump a golf bag signed by Japanese golfer Hideki Matsuyama and a putter from the late Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a friend and golf partner of the president.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung presented Trump with a ceremonial gold crown. He was also the first U.S. president to be gifted a gold medal representing the Grand Order of Mugunghwa, the country's highest honor.
