Several foreign leaders who presented gifts to President Trump after consulting protocol experts opted to give the president depictions of himself, a government disclosure reveals.
Trump – who according to testimony by Michael Cohen arranged for a straw bidder to offer $60,000 at a charity auction for a portrait of himself that ended up at one of his golf clubs – also collected artwork of his likeness from leaders of countries from Europe to Asia and the Middle East.
Polish President Andrzej Duda opted for photography, gifting Trump with black and white photos of himself in New York circa 1985 taken by celebrated Polish-born photographer Czeslaw Czaplinski. They are grouped under a page in a volume titled 'Donald J. Trump in New York.'
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE! President Donald Trump (C) receives the Order of Abdulaziz al-Saud medal from Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud (R) at the Saudi Royal Court in Riyadh on May 20, 2017. New disclosures reveal several heads of state gave Trump portraits of himself
Also included was a photo of Trump Tower, according to an annual disclosure by the State Department.
All the gifts were given over to the National Archives
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abass presented a 'portrait of President Trump, smiling, wearing red neck tie,' on mother-of-pearl panelling. It is valued at $920. Abass also gave first lady Melania Trump a portrait of herself.
The president of Poland gave Trump pictures of himself in New York in the 1980s. When Trump met with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Trudeau gifted him with a photo of Trump delivering a speech in 1981 to honor Trudeau's father
The Prime Minister of Belgium elected to give Trump a classic Tintin edition, which depicts the intrepid reporter eating as tomahawk-bearing Native Americans approach
In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, receives a gift from Iraqi Minister of Defense Erfan al-Hiyali at the Ministry of Defense on April 3, 2017 in Baghdad,
