The $400 million “flying palace” jet that Qatar is gifting Donald Trump is worth over 100 times more than all the gifts that foreign countries have given to American presidents since 2001, according to Axios analysis. State Department data suggests that previous presidents received a comparatively meager $3.8 million worth of gifts over the last 24 years, the report says. Barack Obama got the most, with a total value of $2 million. A large chunk of this total value was from a bronze statue of two horses gifted to the former president by Saudi Arabia, estimated to be worth $500,000. George W. Bush was second with $1.1 million. Trump himself has received a total of $371,000 worth of gifts, not counting the Boeing 747 offered by the Qatari royal family. Joe Biden, according to Axios, is bringing up the rear with $250,000 in gifts from foreign states. Most gifts given to U.S. presidents are sent to the National Archives, which preserves government and historical records. The Department of State has been contacted for comment. He told Sean Hannity during a Tuesday interview on Air Force One: “Why wouldn’t I accept a gift? We’re giving to everybody else.”
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