Article I includes a ban on anyone serving in government accepting “any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State” unless Congress approves. Article II says, in part, that the president cannot receive any emolument from a U.S. state.

During a press briefing in the White House on Monday, before embarking on a four-day trip to the Middle East, Trump called the donation a "very nice gesture."

The nation of Qatar offered the Trump administration a Boeing 747-8 for use as Air Force One. Trump called the plane a "gift," in a post on his social media site, Truth Social. A representative of the administration clarified that Qatar "has offered to donate a plane to the Department of Defense," not to Trump himself.