NATION : Bushes’ $26,839 in Gifts Range From Evening Bags to Golf Tips
President Bush and his wife accepted at least $26,839 worth of personal gifts last year, including cowboy boots and baseball cards, $3,100 worth of evening bags and a gingerbread house for their dog Millie, the White House said today.
The White House released the President’s annual financial disclosure report cataloguing the gifts as well as listing his assets and income. It said the value of the holdings in his blind trust grew in 1989 to $1.28 million from $998,000.
The gift-givers included the Aga Khan, two neckties and a watch worth $300; Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev and his wife Raisa, Christmas ornaments and children’s books worth $125; designer Ralph Lauren, a $425 sweater, and golfer Lee Trevino, whose $466 worth of presents included 11 golf shirts, two caps, one club and six instructional videotapes.
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