'You're chuckling?' CNN anchor presses House Republican on massive Trump gift

CNN's Boris Sanchez called out Rep. Mark Alford (R-MO) for "chuckling" when asked about the Qatari airplane controversy surrounding President Donald Trump, as if it were all much ado about nothing.

"I'd love to get you on the record regarding this planned gift from the Qatari government to the president," Sanchez began. "This luxury jet, worth hundreds of millions of dollars — you laugh — I do wonder whether you think this is — "

"I'm not laughing," Alford interrupted.

"Well, you were chuckling. I wonder if you think it's ethical for President Trump to accept it," Sanchez finished his question.

"Well, I'm chuckling, I guess, because I think the media is making a much bigger deal out of this than it needs to be," Alford answered, before talking about the plane being housed at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.

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"There's the old Air Force One sitting there in the Reagan Museum. That's what's going to happen to this gift, not to President Trump, but to the Department of Defense. This will go through the ethical checks and the legal checks to make sure everything is in order before it happens."

Alford then spoke of how the president has flown in an old, outdated plane for far too long.

"President Trump is frustrated that he's flying around in this 40-year-old plane. He has wanted a new Air Force One. He's tried to work with Boeing to make it happen; for whatever reasons, it's not happened. I mean, my goodness, the president in his first term wanted to change the paint scheme from the dark blue, light blue, white — to red, white and blue to make it look more patriotic, and they wouldn't let him do it. He's going to get his way on this — it's going to be painted red, white and blue."

Alford concluded, "The president of the United States, Donald J. Trump, will be flying on this new plane unless the courts intervene, and I don't think that's going to happen because I think what he's doing is perfectly legal. This is a gift to the Department of Defense, not to Donald J. Trump."

Watch the clip below via CNN.