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The First Daughter and Son-in-Law are even more power-hungry than previously thought.
by Bess Levin
March 12, 2019 4:33 pm
When Donald Trump named his daughter and son-in-law senior advisers to the president, the term moderating influence was frequently tossed around, as in, Even though Real Estate Barbie and Bizarro Ken have no business whatsoever working in the White House, perhaps theyll serve as a moderating influence that will save us from their fathers worst impulses. Obviously, that never happened because 1) Trump answers to no one except foreign dictators, and 2) Ivanka and Jared are power-hungry opportunists whose only priorities involve enriching themselves. We already knew that the pair flouted rules they didnt think applied to them, maintained business ties that may have put national security at risk, and only received top-secret clearance by whining and stomping their feet until President Daddy gave it to them. And now, thanks to a new report, weve learned that Javanka reportedly believe all the powers of the presidency apply to them.
Kushner, Inc., out next week from journalist Vicky Ward, tells the story of two children . . . who have climbed to positions of power by disregarding protocol and skirting the rules when they can. Among the anecdotes Ward gleaned from interviewing 220 people are that Ms. Trump and Mr. Kushner wanted to control who could travel on trips funded by the State Department, and that the couple, who apparently view Air Force One as their own personal plane, had a handy work-around in place for when they didnt get their way:
Hey, its not like Mnuchin had anything better to do! Elsewhere in Kushner, Inc., Ward reports that Ivanka suffers from the same condition as her father wherein they both believe they can convince people a thing that was said on tape and captured by numerous news outlets never actually happened:
In a conversation in August 2017 with Ivanka Trump . . . Mr. Cohn was shocked by her reaction to his concerns, according to a new book about Ms. Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner. My dads not a racist; he didnt mean any of it, Ms. Trump said of the presidents refusal to condemn white nationalists outright. Appearing to channel her father, she added, Thats not what he said.
The book does attempt to explain that the only reason Ivanka and Jared are like this is because they had super-tough childhoods, though, somehow, were not sure the anecdotes about Ivanka having to tour an elite boarding school on her own (after arriving in a stretch limo) and Jareds parents asking a business associate to occasionally take him out to dinner while he was at Harvard to make sure he was not dating non-Jews or doing drugs will elicit much sympathy.
Unsurprisingly, the White House and the Kushner/Trump camp have tried to discredit Kushner, Inc., insisting, through a spokesman, that Every point that Ms. Ward mentioned in what she called her fact-checking stage was entirely false, and that It seems she has written a book of fiction rather than any serious attempt to get the facts. Correcting everything wrong would take too long and be pointless.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If the princess and her consort view government property as their own personal stuff, they're walking in the waddling footsteps of Donald. President Trump seems to view the military as his personal muscle ("my generals" ) to get what he wants. He seems to think the Justice Department is supposed to act as his personal law firm, and the FBI as his very own private detective agency.
leftieNanner
(15,538 posts)nt
BigmanPigman
(52,129 posts)Kushner's Daddy was in jail and is the one who told his dear, sweet son to tell tRump to fire Comey so he wouldn't go looking into family finances. Jared and Ivanka are cut from the same cloth. Can you imagine how corrupt their kids will turn out? Maybe they should be put under the eye of the FBI now while they are young...to save time later on when they are running for office.
leftieNanner
(15,538 posts)I knew some girls in high school who had very wealthy parents and although they never wanted for any tangible things, they had mostly absent parents and were raised by sometimes iffy nannies.
I graduated from HS in 1970 in San Francisco, and there were lots of drugs around. Many of these kids were thoroughly screwed up!
Jared and Ivanka probably did have sad lives as kids, but that does not explain or excuse their hideousness now!!
Freethinker65
(10,787 posts)Now that the fake charitable foundations have been shuttered, what did you expect?
world wide wally
(21,785 posts)Do they?
dlk
(12,119 posts)They aren't even trying to hide their greed and avarice.
aggiesal
(9,314 posts)tells me, everything in the book is TRUE!!!
jimmil
(632 posts)If he runs and is not elected he will still make hundreds of millions. If he gets elected he will make billions. So far my crystal ball has proven faultless.
dalton99a
(83,332 posts)Pepsidog
(6,291 posts)Grasswire2
(13,646 posts)...and why?
Grasswire2
(13,646 posts)There is absolutely NO ONE there that has anything to do with the military other than the NCOs who don't require a salute. Upon closer inspection it is the officer that is saluting.
Grasswire2
(13,646 posts)What's with that???????
Blue Owl
(53,791 posts)n/t