[throwaway48476]

Aren't gifts to the president kept by the government? In the US usually bribery is done by giving jobs to relatives or favorable contracts.

[mrbombastic]

Bribery can be done in a myriad of ways but the gift itself is not the valuable thing, it is the display of fealty.

[throwaway48476]

The point of a bribe is to receive something in exchange for something else.

[fsflover]

Loyalty was gifted.