White Tiger and Cheetah Furs: A Mess of Trump Gift Exchanges

[douglas9]

The Saudi royal family showered Donald J. Trump and his entourage on his first trip abroad as president with dozens of presents, including three robes made with white tiger and cheetah fur, and a dagger with a handle that appeared to be ivory.

Little that followed went right.

A White House lawyer determined that possession of the furs and dagger most likely violated the Endangered Species Act, but the Trump administration held onto them and failed to disclose them as gifts received from a foreign government.

On the last full day of Mr. Trump’s presidency, the White House handed them over to the General Services Administration — the wrong agency — rather than the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which seized the gifts this summer.

At that point, there was a surprise.

The furs, from an oil-rich family worth billions of dollars, were fake.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/11/us/politics/trump-gifts.html

[pazzyanne]

1. Seems appropriate!

Fake gifts for a fake president.

[area51]

13. +1 n/t

[KS Toronado]

2. The Saudi royal family was just giving a fake person what they deserve.

And tfg wasn't smart enough to tell the difference nor understand why everyone
was snickering while he was admiring them.

[Walleye]

3. Fake emoluments?

[Botany]

4. Just when I don't think I couldn't like him any less I see this stuff.

BTW those rich Saudi bastards like their dagger handles to be made out rhino (Highly Endangered) horns.
and elephant tusks. I hope that ivory was fake too but the idea that Trump kept those gifts and hid them,
knowing that it was illegal to except those gifts and to import endangered animal products into the United
States is just so low rent.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Perhaps Melanie pawned the originals...

Then turned over fakes to GSA and kept the money.

[zentrum]

9. Good point.

[Champp]

6. Fake furs. The Saudi wankers are even more Republican than...

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the freaking Republicans.

They all live in a world of lies, bullshit, and grift.

[appleannie1]

7. Did he get fake ones made knowing he would have to turn them over & kept the real ones?

[snort]

8. A little something to wrap around your fake wife's fake tits.

[riverbendviewgal]

10. Maybe

The trumps switched the real furs to the fake furs?

[PatSeg]

11. Hah! I didn't see that coming!

Reminds me of the stories about Trump giving people fake platinum cufflinks. Birds of a feather!

[lark]

12. Perfect symmetry - fake furs or fake president & company.

[plimsoll]

14. I agree with those who suggest a switch.

Maleficent is a possible candidate for doing the switch, but besides Donald Jr. and Eric who probably would have just kept the booty as what they’re due, they are all at least C- con artists.

[trusty elf]

15. ...

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

16. Trump got chumped again