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fleur-de-lisa

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Thu Sep 14, 2017, 11:59 AM Sep 2017

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushners China visit was cancelled amid questions over suitability

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s China visit was cancelled amid questions over suitability as organisers of president’s trip

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy-defence/article/2111034/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushners-china-visit-was?utm_content=buffer429d8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner’s trip to China may have been cancelled because some officials in the White House decided the couple were not suitable to make preparations for US President Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing.

Douglas Paal, vice-president for studies in the Asia programme at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said John Kelly, the chief of staff of the White House, did not think Kushner would be an appropriate channel even though he helped to establish contacts between China and US officials in the past.

He said the preparation for Trump’s visit should be made through appropriate channels, for example, through Chinese state councillor Yang Jiechi.

Channels need to be maintained by responsible and accountable officials,” he said.



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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushners China visit was cancelled amid questions over suitability (Original Post) fleur-de-lisa Sep 2017 OP
China Sticks Finger in White House's Eye MineralMan Sep 2017 #1
"Responsible and accountable officials"?! gratuitous Sep 2017 #2
And the couple was so looking forward to being awarded a Triumph Kaleva Sep 2017 #3

gratuitous

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2. "Responsible and accountable officials"?!
Thu Sep 14, 2017, 12:04 PM
Sep 2017

You gonna take that, President Trump? Your chief of staff sounds like he's getting kind of uppity.

I'd like to see Press Secretary Sanders asked about this.

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