Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., has two chief concerns with the prospect of Qatar gifting a $400 million plane to the Trump administration, but the incorruptibility of President Donald Trump isn’t one of them.

In the end, accepting the plane “sends a bad signal,” Paul told Newsmax on Tuesday.

“To me, it’s not about President Trump or any individual president. It’s about presidents in general or people in office taking gifts,” Paul said on “Rob Schmitt Tonight.” “So the Constitution says you can’t take emoluments or gifts from foreign entities unless approved by Congress. I don’t know how you get around that, and it’s a pretty significant gift. … It’s a $400 million plane.”

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