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Eugene

(61,900 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 04:47 PM Apr 2020

Jared Kushner and his shadow corona unit: what is Trump's son-in-law up to?

Source: The Guardian

Jared Kushner and his shadow corona unit: what is Trump's son-in-law up to?

Jared Kushner has become a key gatekeeper for help tackling Covid-19 and that’s a big problem, critics say

Tom McCarthy in New York
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Sun 5 Apr 2020 10.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 5 Apr 2020 21.00 BST

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“Kushner has terrible judgment, and I don’t remember a decision he’s been involved with that hasn’t just been bad – they’ve been horrible. And the idea that everything has to go through the very flawed judgment of Jared Kushner is downright scary, and I believe at this point is costing American lives.”

Early this year, Kushner reportedly advised Donald Trump that the coronavirus was not that dangerous – more a threat to public confidence, and the markets, than to public health. Trump stuck with that message for six tragic weeks, between the confirmation of the first US case and a belated federal decision to speed the development of test kits.

And it was Kushner who helped write a disastrous Trump Oval Office speech on 12 March announcing a European travel ban that sent markets into a tailspin and travelers crowding into airports. It was Kushner who solicited help from the father of the fashion model Karlie Kloss, his sister-in-law, to ask a Facebook group of doctors what should be done about the virus.

Pepper expressed concern that when a governor calls the White House, she has to talk to Kushner, who then decides, apparently unilaterally, what the state really needs.

‘He runs a shadow taskforce’

In a rare appearance in the White House briefing room Thursday, Kushner said some governors did not have precise knowledge of their state’s inventory of ventilators and delivered a lecture on the art of management.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/05/jared-kushner-coronavirus-aid-trump-governors

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Jared Kushner and his shadow corona unit: what is Trump's son-in-law up to? (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2020 OP
Jared is villainy dailytroubadour Apr 2020 #1
Making profits off medical supplies and equipment . . . Iliyah Apr 2020 #2
It was Kushner that advocated for Comey's termination Under The Radar Apr 2020 #3
LOL at this quote: GopherGal Apr 2020 #4

Under The Radar

(3,404 posts)
3. It was Kushner that advocated for Comey's termination
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 04:55 PM
Apr 2020

Kushner tried to cover up the Jamal Khashoggi murder.
Kush influenced the dismissal of all of the advisors and chiefs of staff to date......
In his own words, he solves problems

GopherGal

(2,008 posts)
4. LOL at this quote:
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 09:11 PM
Apr 2020
Kushner has terrible judgment, and I don’t remember a decision he’s been involved with that hasn’t just been bad – they’ve been horrible


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