Questions over whereabouts of diamond-encrusted ring gifted to Donald Trump
US Senators Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal are investigating the location of a diamond-encrusted ring gifted to Donald Trump by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre. The senators question whether the gift constitutes an improper influence attempt and whether it was handled according to federal law.
Why it matters
The inquiry touches on ethics in government, presidential gift protocols, and potential conflicts of interest regarding international trade policy.
shares Share article US senators are probing the whereabouts of an 18-karat ring gifted by a Belgian diamond dealer to Donald Trump in what was described as a “cartoonish bribery attempt”.
Democrats Elizabeth Warren and Richard Blumenthal wrote to the White House demanding to know where the ring, valued at $43,000, is now.
The ring is encrusted in hundreds of diamonds. Antwerp World Diamond Centre
The ring was gifted to the president by the Antwerp World Diamond Centre (AWDC).
Weeks later the Trump administration announced that European diamonds would be exempt from its tariffs.
"We don’t know where the ring is today," Warren said.
"Where did it go? Did Trump keep it for himself?"
The 18-karat gold ring is encrusted with 321 natural diamonds and 75 gemstones.
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