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A bicycle, pencil sharpener, 300lb of raw meat: US presidential gifts and the rules governing them

  • Bias Rating

    -20% Somewhat Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableAverage

  • Policy Leaning

    -4% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    19% Positive

Bias Score Analysis

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : In 1997, President Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan gave Bill Clinton and first lady Hillary Clinton a 6ft by 5ft rug with their faces on it, which was woven in just weeks, after the president accepted an invitation to the White House.
66% : The "Resolute Desk" was given to President Rutherford B Hayes and is made from the oak timbers of the British ship HMS Resolute. Related: Trump says planned gift of luxury plane from Qatar is a very 'transparent' deal Clothes, antiques - and even animals - have all in the past been presented to US presidents.
58% : The very desk from which Trump has signed a record number of executive order was given to the US by Queen Victoria in 1880.
56% : Trump officials reportedly believe the president might be able to keep the luxury plane because it will be transferred to his presidential library at the end of his term.
56% : It has been reported that the president would use the plane as the new Air Force One until shortly before the conclusion of his second Oval Office stint, at which point it could be transferred to his presidential library foundation, raising the prospect that Trump would have use of the plane even after his presidency ends.
44% : A spokesperson for Trump said many of the items "were received either before or after the administration".
31% : In 2023, the US House oversight committee reported 100 items given to Trump from foreign nations in his first term were missing, after the White House failed to log them.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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