So , there ' s been lots of talks about Trump ' s foreign dealings and the Emolument Clause in Article 1 of the Constitution , but I haven ' t seen much about his potential violation of the Emolument ban in Article 2 The President shall , at stated Times , receive for his Services , a Compensation , which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the Period for which he shall have been elected , and he shall not receive within that Period any other Emolument from the United States , or any of them . It seems to me that ' s saying he can ' t receive any profits from serving as President from the federal or state governments other than the presidential salary . Unlike the Article 1 Emolument Clause , Article 2 ' s can ' t be waived by Congress . I ' m not a lawyer , but as far as I can tell there ' s a lot of legal opinions around on the former and hardly any that I can find about the latter .