Belgian Diamond Group that Won Tariff Relief Gifted Trump a Lavishly Encrusted Ring
The Antwerp-made ring, valued at up to $35,000, was given after Belgium’s diamond industry won a zero percent U.S. import tariff.
- In Brussels, the Antwerp World Diamond Center presented a custom diamond ring to U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White this week for President Donald Trump, commemorating America's 250th anniversary.
- Belgium's diamond sector, which previously struggled during trade wars, secured a zero percent import tariff on more than $2 billion of annual exports to the U.S. last year.
- The watch-sized gold ring contains 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds, and six rubies, with independent jewelers estimating its value between $25,000 and $35,000.
- After White posted a photo online Wednesday wearing the ring before deleting it, ethics experts warned that accepting such gifts breaks with longstanding White House custom.
- A White House official said Thursday the ring has not reached Trump, who previously accepted gifts including a $250,000 sculpture and a $400 million plane.
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After Tariff Relief, Belgian Firm Gifts Trump Ring With 321 Diamonds, 6 Rubies
All told, 321 diamonds, 56 sapphires, 13 emeralds and six rubies encrust the watch-sized gold ring presented this week to Bill White, the US ambassador to Belgium, to give to US President Donald Trump.
Belgium's diamond community crafted a 321-diamond ring for Trump. They presented it right after winning a zero-tariff deal with him.
President Trump has been given a heavily jeweled ring from the Antwerp World Diamond Center, a group that represents Belgium’s diamond industry and recently won a major trade victory. According to CBS News, the ring was presented during an event marking the 250th anniversary of the United States, held in Brussels. A White House official confirmed that the president has not personally received the ring yet. The ring is a detailed and expensive pi…
Magnificent: Trump welcomes lavish diamond-encrusted Freedom 250 ring by Antwerp Centre - The Tribune
In a prerecorded video message delivered during the celebration of 250 years of independence in Brussels, the President hailed the gift as a 'magnificent Freedom 250 ring.'
The diamond ring offered to Donald Trump illustrates the alliance between Antwerp and the United States on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the US Independence.
Group Thanks Trump for Tariff Break With Gold, Diamonds, Rubies
Dozens of diamonds spell out two giant letter T's next to the Stars and Stripes and "1776" and "2026." Dozens more frame the numbers 45 and 47 in the shape of Superman's logo. A diamond-winged eagle carries a ruby shield and clutches an olive branch of emeralds, below a radiant...
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