re: How Donald Trump Might Start Violating the Constitution the Second He's Sworn In

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Article I, Section 9, Clause 8 of the Constitution reads, “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.”

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Making an emoluments case. Meh. I don't think doing business with foreign governments=emoluments. So if an ambassador stayed at a Trump property, IMHO, that is not an emolument. That's normal course of business stuff.

NOW, if a foreign government paid an unusually large sum to purchase a Trump property, then you are getting into trouble. BUT even then he has the ability to ask for Congressional approval.