The most recent US federal gift register reveals details of what various foreign leaders gave to members of the United States government in 2019.
Officials have the option to buy the items they want to keep (if it’s valued at more than US$365), otherwise it goes into the National Archives and Records Administration. Here are the gifts Jared Kushner received that likely would have looked great at Chez Trump-Kushner, but which he instead chose not to bring home to Ivanka …
Kushner, who was Donald Trump’s adviser on the Middle East, received a clock engraved with the coat of arms of Bahrain in September 2019
Crown Prince Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa – also the Deputy Supreme Commander and First Deputy Prime Minister of the kingdom – made the gesture the same month Trump announced a peace deal with Bahrain and Israel.
The peace deal came after Kushner visited the country earlier that year to hold a summit that was given credit for helping broker the deal.
The clock was the most expensive gift on Kushner’s list, valued at US$3,200, but he clearly didn’t like it enough to take it home.
Kushner’s second priciest present that year did not make it home either. When the Trumps visited England in June 2019, Queen Elizabeth gave Kushner a signed photograph worth US$2,830 – something others joining him on the state trip also received.
Trump’s other adviser, Kellyanne Conway – whose daughter Claudia has been very vocal about her distaste for Trump – nevertheless chose to buy and keep her gift from the monarch.
Kushner’s second priciest present that year did not make it home either. When the Trumps visited England in June 2019, Queen Elizabeth gave Kushner a signed photograph worth US$2,830 – something others joining him on the state trip also received.
Trump’s other adviser, Kellyanne Conway – whose daughter Claudia has been very vocal about her distaste for Trump – nevertheless chose to buy and keep her gift from the monarch.
