The emoluments clause, whose role and even existence Donald Trump chose to question, is real. It's Article 1, Section 9, Clause 8 of our Constitution.
The Founding Fathers, having just defeated the British Empire, were understandably adamant that neither nobility nor royalty should have nay place in the government or society of the United States. That's one reason behind this first incarnation of an emoluments clause.
The second, less well known one is Article 2 Section 1 Clause 7 . It reads in part that the President ... shall not receive
within [his elected term] ... any Emolument from the United States [other than his salary].
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