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A lavish gold ring encrusted with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and rubies has been presented to the U.S. ambassador to Belgium to give to President Donald Trump.

US presidents have considerable discretion to accept gifts from domestic and foreign sources and may determine themselves whether a gift was meant for them personally or the…

The gift comes months after Belgium's diamond industry won the removal of U.S. tariffs on diamond imports.

A dazzling diamond-encrusted ring, a symbol of US-Belgian ties, was presented to President Trump, celebrating America's 250th anniversary. Crafted in Antwerp, the gift arrives…

It’s a glitzy window into the role that ostentatious – and almost always gilded — gifts are playing by those seeking to curry favor with the U.S. president.

Antwerp's jewelers say the $30,000 gift proves partnerships, "like the finest natural diamonds, are formed under pressure."