From the New York Times, I'm Rachel Abrams, and this is The Daily.

A New York Times investigation into a series of major deals between the Trump administration,

the United Arab Emirates, and the Trump family has revealed that the president and his

inner circle are making millions of dollars from agreements that intersect with America's national security interests.

Today, my colleague Eric Lipton explains why these conflicts of interests are unlike anything we've seen before.

It's Wednesday, September 24th.

Eric, welcome to the show.

Hello, Rachel.

Eric, I feel like every time we've talked on the show,

we've had you on to talk about some kind of conflict of interest

that has to do with either the Trump family or the Trump administration.

And you explain each time that what we are discussing is more significant or problematic than the last time we had you on the show or than another administration.

And here we are. I think it's been about four months since we had you on last time.

And I think that once again, this is what you're going to tell me. Am I right?

That's right. We're not talking about martinis at the Trump Hotel in D.C.

are staying a couple of nights at the Trump D.R.L. are people gathering at Mar-a-Lago.

These were things that were considered scandals during the first Trump administration by his critics.

Right. This is an entirely different scale. What we're seeing here in these series

of transactions is at a scale, unlike anything I think I've seen as a reporter in actually

four decades of doing my job.

Wow.

In terms of the national security implications and just the scale of dollars in play that are potentially enriching the president's family and the family of some of his advisors.

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