NEW DETAILS About Trump’s Corruption Exposed in Book by Maggie Haberman & Jonathan Swan

Trump's second term shows deeper corruption, looser oversight, and more impulsive power use than his first, according to the hosts and book authors.

• Iran talks — Vance announced 60-day oil sanctions relief and new nuclear inspectors, yet Iran offered no confirmation and kept the Strait of Hormuz threat alive [03:51]

• Reflecting pool — A convicted contractor's $14 million liner failed within weeks, prompting Trump to blame phantom vandals and order arrests of bystanders [22:26]

• Qatari jet — The plane started as a paid purchase but became a "gift" after internal talks, then required hundreds of millions in U.S. upgrades [1:08:03]

• DNI transition — Bill Pulte took over as acting director and began firings while the permanent nominee was delayed to settle unrelated Senate fights [41:27]

• Gentile pardon — A fraudster who stole over a billion dollars was freed after a priest friend lobbied Trump, with investigators blocked from tracing payments [50:24]

• Oval Office style — Meetings mixed classified briefings with rug samples and speakerphone calls from Mar-a-Lago, leaving agency heads outside the room unaware of decisions [1:17:00]

• Information bubble — Staffer Natalie Harp printed only favorable items while Trump dismissed negative polls as fake and relied mainly on Fox [1:19:59]

• Witkoff role — The real-estate friend negotiated alone with Putin and framed a sketch showing Russia keeping three Ukrainian regions [1:32:22]

• How much did Qatar initially demand for the plane before it was reclassified as a gift?

• Which staffer does Trump call the human printer during meetings?