One of the big challenges we have in the United States is that our founding documents that were written more than 200 years ago do not, because they could not, take in to account technological and society changes. Back when the Constitution was written there really was not a concept of "national security" in the manner as it exists today. Consequently, the founders never considered the risks of allowing
a person to run for President who is deeply in debt and therefore could be tempted accept gifts from adversaries for access or favoritism.
#Well, that is not entirely true because while there is actually very few qualifications for POTUS the constitution does have
emoluments clauses because the founders were aware of how external influences affect government. One ought to think about the spirit of the emoluments clauses is it relates to lobbying and election funding. The foreign emolument clause is particularly important...
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The purpose of the Foreign Emoluments Clause is to prevent corruption and limit foreign influence on federal officers. The Clause grew out of the Framers’ experience with the European custom of gift-giving to foreign diplomats, which the Articles of Confederation prohibited. Following that precedent, the Foreign Emoluments Clause prohibits federal officers from accepting foreign emoluments without congressional consent.
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