Liberal Forum

Misty » 20 Dec 2016 9:07 pm » wrote: The actual words in the Constitution say: “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.”

Now read the actual definition of the word 'emolument' Puss.

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After further consideration, perhaps you have a point.

I believe "compensation for services" to be what her personally does; that seems to be what the Framers intended.

For example, if a president produced an agricultural product that was at some point bought by a foreign government, was he barred from serving as president? Was he obliged to sell his farm?

I doubt it.

But I'll away further opinions from legal experts.