Ivanka Trump's new 'nefarious' scheme astounds analysts: 'Hard to wrap your head around'

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's latest scheme to buy a private island in Albania astounded two political analysts on Wednesday.

This week, Trump and Kushner unveiled their plans to buy a 1,400-hectare private island and build a resort for the ultra-wealthy. The Albanian government approved plans for the project last year, which is expected to cost in the neighborhood of $1.4 billion, according to reports. However, Albanian authorities opened a corruption investigation into the project on Monday because of the overlap between Kushner and Trump's businesses and President Donald Trump's political role, Politico reported.

Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor, co-hosts of "Pod Save America" and former Obama White House staffers, were stunned by the new project during a new episode of their podcast.

"I don't understand these people. I don't understand what motivates them," Lovett said. "How they wake up every day and decide what they're going to do with their precious time on this earth. They've already stolen so much money. They've already made, uh, so much money off Donald Trump being in office. It is so nefarious. They are so rich. They could just be rich for the rest of their lives, but there's something clearly missing."

Vietor added that the project reeked of corruption.

"To your point, the scale of the corruption, it's so vast, it's hard to wrap your head around, and it's like relentless," Vietor said.