Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin on Monday revealed on “The View” that she was advised against taking even seemingly insignificant gifts from foreign officials while serving under President Donald Trump in his first term.

“If we were meeting with other heads of state, we would actually be told don’t even take a pen from them because it likely has surveillance capabilities in it,” said Griffin, now one of the hosts of “The View.”

Griffin’s comments arrive as Trump faces bipartisan backlash over his plan to accept a $400 million luxury plane from the Qatari royal family to serve as his new Air Force One.

“I bet his national security team is like, ‘This does not seem like a good idea,’” Griffin said.

Co-host Whoopi Goldberg swiftly replied, “We don’t seem to have any national security team.”

Trump has defended the move, declaring that it’d be “stupid” for him to pass on the aircraft and claiming it wouldn’t be a “gift” for him but rather one made to the Department of Defense.

Critics have since pointed to a clause in the Constitution prohibiting officials from accepting gifts from “any King, Prince, or foreign State” without congressional approval.

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), in comments to HuffPost, said such a move by Trump “just doesn’t seem right,” while right-wing radio host Ben Shapiro branded it as inherently “bad,” citing the Qatari government’s ties to Hamas.

Moments earlier on “The View,” Griffin questioned why Trump needs a “brand new luxury plane” when Air Force One is “super nice” as is.

“Two things stood out to me. Yes, it’s clearly a violation of ethics rules,” said Griffin while emphasizing that U.S. government officials shouldn’t be able to be “bribed” or “feel indebted” to others.

She later continued, “It’s also a huge national security risk. So you’re going to have the Qatari government know all the ins and outs, security protocols, technology of the plane that houses the U.S. president.”

Griffin also underscored that Qatar is not “friends” with America.

“They shelter Hamas terrorists. They protect their money. They allow them to carry out their terrorist activities,” Griffin said.

“So, that we would kind of be getting in bed with them in this way — just in so many ways, scares me.”