Rolex and Gold Were for US and Not Trump, Swiss Trade Chief Says
Helene Budliger Artieda said the items were a private-sector initiative and that Swiss executives kept within the law as lawmakers seek a bribery probe.
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Watch Swiss Trade Chief Says Gifts of Rolex and Gold Bar Were for US People, Not Trump
Swiss Secretary of State Helene Budliger Artieda says gifts presented to President Donald Trump by Swiss executives were actually for the American people. In an interview at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Budliger Artieda told Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua that handing over a Rolex table clock and engraved gold bar at the White House wasn’t illegal. “It’s a gift to the American people — it’s duly registered at the White House, and if all things go well it will end up in a presidential library,” she added.
SECO boss Helene Budliger Artieda for the first time at the clock
Patron on the departure of the Secretariat of State for the Economy (Seco), Helene Budliger Artieda considers that the luxurious gifts offered at the end of 2025 by a delegation of great Swiss bosses who came to discuss customs duties with US President Donald Trump did not violate any rules.
Swiss Secretary of State and Head of State for Economic Affairs Ellen Budliger Artieda said that the gifts that Swiss representatives presented to US President Donald Trump last year were intended for the American people.
Seco boss Helene Budliger Artieda rejects bribery charges around Rolex table clock and gold bars to Donald Trump: the gifts had gone "to the American people".
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