[blueplum]

The Daily Mail has the answer:

“Under federal ethics rules, the presents must be turned over to the government for storage or official use unless the recipient chooses to purchase the items from the General Services Administration. Few choose to do so.
One person who kept a gift was former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to the list.
Clinton was so taken with a black two-strand pearl necklace with gemstones given to her by Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi that she bought it for $970.”

Now if Hill could purchase the necklace for $970, the soccer ball shouldn’t be priced more than $5 or $10.

#FreeTheBall ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2830546/Brunei-queens-jewelry-tops-Obama-diplomatic-gifts.html

[missnry]

“Under federal ethics rules, the presents must be turned over to the government for storage or official use unless the recipient chooses to purchase the items from the General Services Administration. Few choose to do so.

Donald Trump... who "donates" his entire salary back to the US Treasury... I wonder if he wants the ball. Hmmmm?

[scrabblehack]

All it would take is an act of Congress to allow this. Let’s see Schumer filibuster it:

I.9.viii:

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And 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.