Trump Considering Son-In-Law Jared Kushner For Next Chief Of Staff

[DesertRat]

NOT THE ONION

WASHINGTON ― Having run through his first choices for his chief of staff vacancy without any luck, President Donald Trump is considering his own son-in-law for the job.

Jared Kushner, the husband of Trump’s daughter Ivanka and already an official White House adviser, met with Trump Wednesday about the job, a top Republican close to the White House told HuffPost. He and two others close to Trump or the White House who confirmed Kushner’s interest in the position did so on condition of anonymity to discuss the president’s staffing considerations freely.

Kushner has been pushing his own candidacy with Trump, citing his work on a criminal justice reform package and a claimed ability to work with Democrats, one person said. “I don’t know why he thinks that, when the Democrats are mainly going to be coming after Trump,” the source said.

The White House did not respond to HuffPost’s queries about Kushner’s prospects for the job.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-chief-of-staff-jared-kushner_us_5c12c616e4b0f60cfa277b93?o3l

[Claritie Pixie]

1. Reality stranger than fiction.

What a shit show.

[Zoonart]

2. You've GOT to be shitting me.

The circle is really tightening.

[genxlib]

3. Damn it

I had Ivanka in the pool. I was so close.

[genxlib]

4. I would like to know

How he is going to get around that troubling security clearance problem. As I recall, he doesn't have one.

[marylandblue]

6. He will sneak the papers off Trump's desk. Trump can't read them anyway.

[DesertRat]

8. There goes peace in the middle east.

[marylandblue]

5. I had a feeling that was coming.

[DesertRat]

7. Since Jared and Ivanka have to approve who becomes the Chief of Staff

I'd say he’s a shoe-in for the job.

[Gothmog]

9. Failing upwards

Link to tweet

[DesertRat]

11. Exactly

[Andy823]

10. So does the mean

Newt turned him down also? Looks like Kushner was the "bottom of the barrel !

[DesertRat]

12. Donnie told reporters Thursday that he is "down to five finalists"

“We are interviewing people now for chief of staff,” he said at a photo opportunity with newly elected governors who were visiting the White House.

[gratuitous]

13. That doesn't happen for everyone

But Jared's looks actually improve when he's Newman-ized.

[Me.]

14. Why Not? They Both Have Blood On THeir Hands In Common.

[ananda]

15. Isn't that precious? Of course he is ...

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