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jsonstein@masto.deoan.org ("Jeff Sonstein") wrote:
'The Constitution prohibits a president from accepting money, payments or gifts “of any kind whatever” from foreign governments and monarchs unless he obtains “the consent of the Congress” to do so. The report notes that Mr. Trump never went to Congress to seek consent.' https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/04/us/politics/trump-hotels-foreign-business-report.html?mwgrp=c-dbar&unlocked_article_code=1.LE0.-OAG.rBBLm1iOEq4v&hpgrp=ar-abar&smid=url-share
"Article I, Section 9, Clause 8:
No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State."
'Emolument is a salary, fee, or profit received as a compensation for services, either from employment or from holding office.
In the context of Constitutional Law an emolument is “any perquisite, advantage, profit arising from the possession of an office”' https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/emolument