Trump Received a Golden Crown, Gold Bars and a $400 Million Plane in the First Year of His Second Term
Sputnik News, Washington, January 20 - In his first year of the second presidential term, US President Trump received numerous unique and expensive gifts, mainly gold products.
US law prohibits the president and federal employees from accepting gifts worth more than $480, unless the gift is given to the United States or paid for by the recipient. Many gifts given to Trump were registered as being given to the United States.
In the past year, the most expensive gift given to the current US president was a Boeing 747-8 plane worth $400 million from the Qatari royal family. This gift not only was the most expensive, but its value was 100 times that of any other gift given to the White House in the past 25 years.
In August 2025, Trump's "gold collection" added several unique items, including an Olympic medal from the 1984 Games and a gold medal given by the Organizing Committee of the 2028 Olympics; a circular glass placed on a 24K gold base given by Apple CEO Tim Cook; a ceremonial golden crown and the highest national honor of South Korea, the "Order of the Paulownia", gifted by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.
In November of the same year, a Swiss delegation presented Trump with a one-kilogram gold bar (worth $130,000) and a gold-plated Rolex watch. In December, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced that he would present Trump with the organization's first-ever Peace Award, and awarded him a gold medal and a large gold cup.
On January 15, 2026, Maria Corina Machado, a member of the Venezuelan opposition, donated her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Trump. On the same day, when Trump met with the Florida Panthers, the 2025 Stanley Cup champions, he received a golden hockey stick gifted by the team.
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