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Kushner pretends not to know what a conflict of interests is.
Donald Trump’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner has defended his business dealings with Saudi Arabia and its Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
After leaving the White House, Mr Kushner’s private equity firm received a $2bn (£1.59bn) investment from Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund. Mr Kushner worked closely with Saudi Arabia on a number of issues during the Trump administration. He has denied that the investment represented a conflict of interest.
To put that more accurately, Mr Kushner exploited his connection to Trump to endear himself to Saudia Arabia, which proceeded to give him 2 billion dollars. He has no relevant education or training that would make him a useful aide to the chief executive, and no shame about brazen nepotism.
Speaking on Tuesday at a Miami summit organised by US news outlet Axios, Mr Kushner dismissed any suggestion that the Saudi investment into his firm was unethical.
Of course he did. He’s as scummy as Trump and Trump’s daughter.
In Kushner’s view, it’s not a conflict of interest, it’s a confluence of interest.
Kushner can’t afford to ask himself the simple question: Would the Saudi’s have invested with me if I hadn’t been Trump’s son-in-law?” because he knows that the answer would be “No.”
I find it amusing (in a wretched way) that a man without any sense of ethics denies that he’s done nothing unethical.