'Very disturbing': Trump receipt of overseas gifts unprecedented, experts warn

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : This is Trump first," said Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator from Connecticut.
65% : But quite often, the bottom line also has benefited Trump himself.
65% : " Past administrations would have run from the perceived conflicts of interest being welcomed by Trump.
61% : "If Congress is going to supercharge the use of stablecoins and other cryptocurrencies, it must include safeguards that make it harder for criminals, terrorists, and foreign adversaries to exploit the financial system and put our national security at risk," said the memo.
52% : Senate Democrats have called for rewriting the Genius Act, Trump-backed legislation that they say would provide for far-too-lax regulation of so-called stablecoins, in order to ban him from benefiting.
48% : Deals for billions more have been inked by business associates close to Trump, meaning that their political support for the White House can translate into lucrative contracts abroad.
48% : "Never seen it before," said Scott Amey, the general counsel of the Project On Government Oversight, a non-profit government watchdog group based in Washington.
46% : " In a particularly eye-catching incident this week, Qatar offered to give the US Department of Defense a $400m Boeing 747-8 that Trump had suggested could be used as Air Force One and then passed on to his presidential library after he leaves office.
46% : " The lavish gifts and other investments come as Trump is reshaping America's policy in the Middle East, skipping Israel and turning toward the Gulf states in a flurry of deal-making that could benefit both sides handsomely.
40% : "Trump has put a for-sale sign out front of the White House," said Norm Eisen, the executive director of the legal advocacy group State Democracy Defenders Fund and a White House "ethics czar" and ambassador to the Czech Republic under Barack Obama.
36% : As Qatar would give the jet to the Department of Defense, some experts have said that it may not directly violate the emoluments clause or other laws, even if Trump were to make use of the plane while in office.
35% : Trump had called the plane a "great gesture" from Qatar and said that it would be "stupid" for him not to accept the gift.
22% : "And I think that Trump just has no respect for those institutions that have been set up for a very specific purpose, which is to root out corruption.
14% : An advisory sent to congressional Democrats this week and seen by the Guardian said: "President Trump and the Trump family have moved at breakneck speed to profit from a massive crypto scam on the American people.

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