Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said he has doubts over President Donald Trump’s willingness to accept a luxury jet from Qatar.
“There’s a lot of ways this could be arranged, but I think what sent up signals that people were concerned about was that it was going to be temporarily part of the government, and then it was going to the president’s library when the president retires. So I think all of those things could be fixed, could be corrected. There probably is a perfectly legal way, but right now, it’s raised more questions than I think it’s worth,” Paul said Sunday to ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl.
Paul claimed that the questions that the jet raised overshadowed an otherwise successful trip.
“I think my fear is that it detracts from a largely successful trip where the president is talking about opening up and doing more trade with the Middle East, which is a good thing, particularly amidst all the protectionism and directing away from trade that we’ve had going on,” Paul said.
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