In a disclosure that has drawn quiet scrutiny from legal scholars, President Trump distributed $157,000 in personal cash gifts to four of his closest White House aides during the holiday season — an act the administration frames as private generosity, but one that sits at the edge of rules separating personal relationships from the obligations of public office. No sitting American president is known to have done the same. The moment invites an older question that power has always struggled to answer: where does loyalty end and compensation begin.
Trump gave $157,000 in cash gifts to four White House aides, records show
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