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Is, phil and i when we sat down with people and interviewed more than 140 senior trump advisers, friends, government officials, people with a front-row seat, and each time we sat down, we were gobsmacked by a new fact. and it was chilling to the bone to hear that generals, four-star generals, people who had led thousands of men and women into combat, were in near panic about how they were going to block donald trump from illegally or improperly or dangerously misusing the military simply to sow ...

He set the model. he was a believer in basically making a personal profit, a personal gain from his connections and ultimately from his role as president. >> carol, if you will, i want to get to a line in your book that really stands out to me. you said, most of trumps failings can be explained by a simple truth. he cared more about himself than the country. is this selfishness still putting the country at risk? >> you know, one of the biggest takeaways from phil rucker, my co-author, and my rep...

Generals, people who had led thousands of men and women into combat, were in near panic about how they were going to block donald trump from illegally or improperly or dangerously misusing the military simply to sow chaos and fear and maintain his grasp on power, to retain his position as president. >> carol, i know we have a delay. why didnt they speak up? why didnt they say anything at the time? >> you know, we were on guard for this question about why -- we asked the same question. let me put...

Alone can fix it, was this idea that so many insiders were really in panic, near panic, don, about how quickly the president would put his personal gain in front of american health, american lives, in front of the sort of sanctity of the constitution, in front of the democracys stability. and recent -- a lot of people could say, oh, you looked back for a year at the final year of donald trumps presidency. thats interesting history. but its not just interesting history. its current events today. ...