The emoluments clause of the U.S. Constitution prohibits anyone "holding any Office" from accepting "any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind" from "a foreign state".
The Emoluments Clause says that no person holding office (including the office of president) can accept "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State".
The US constitution flatly prohibits any "Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under [the United States]" from accepting "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State".
The Founding Fathers were sufficiently concerned about foreign corruption of their young democracy that they enshrined a ban, in Article I of the Constitution, on U.S. officials accepting "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State".
Article 1, Section 9 of the Constitution prohibits U.S. office holders from accepting "any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state".
Some ethics lawyers say even if Trump turns over all of the profits from the Kuwait National Day party, he would still be in violation of the U.S. Constitution, which prohibits government officials from accepting "any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State".
Together, these Clauses prohibit the President from receiving, other than his salary, any "emolument --any compemolument --any or othemolument --anyit or gain--from foreign governments, the United States, or state governments and their instrumentalities.
Members of Congress considered reverting the fix after the appointed nominee had resigned and assumed the post so that Knox would not have to forgo any emoluments.
As is now widely known, the Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits any "Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust" from "accept[ing]... any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State," without "the Consent of the Congress".
It states, in part, that "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".
