The Kushner Family Is Cozying Up to Nikki Haley

[CatWoman]

On Sunday morning, Donald Trump appeared on Fox News and teased a 2024 run. “We’re gonna do very well and people are going to be very happy,” he told host Maria Bartiromo.

Later that day, his daughter Ivanka’s in-laws were hosting a private lunch for a would-be rival. According to two sources briefed on the event, Jared Kushner’s parents invited about 20 friends to meet former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley at the Kushners’ beach house on the Jersey Shore. The Kushners’ chef prepared a meal of salad and salmon. At the event, Jared’s father Charles Kushner predicted that Haley would be “the first woman president,” one of the sources said. Some attendees made donations to Haley’s Stand for America PAC. (Charles Kushner did not respond to requests for comment).

Haley has made no secret of her 2024 ambitions. During a speech in New Jersey on Sunday night, Haley said she has “a big decision to make at the beginning of ‘23.” (A spokesperson for Haley did not respond to a request for comment).

If she runs, as many suspect, it will force Jared and Ivanka to choose between Trump family loyalty and one of their closest political allies (When she left the administration, Haley infamously described Jared as “a hidden genius”). Jared and Ivanka were in Aspen over the weekend and didn’t attend Charles Kushner’s lunch, a person close to Jared said. But last month, the couple was spotted visiting Haley and her husband, Michael Haley, at the Kiawah Island beach club in South Carolina. “They think very highly of Nikki. They get along great,” the person said.


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[Wounded Bear]

1. Nikki is kinda scary...

She appears normal enough to snag some moderate votes, while the drooling trumplodytes would vote for her just on personal appearance.

No more trustworthy than any repub, though.

[moonscape]

2. She terrifies me. n/t

[RockRaven]

6. She's dangerous because corporate media will normalize her abhorrent behavior/positions

in an effort to appear unbiased (more so even than they normally do with the old white male Repukes, which is toxic enough already).

[tanyev]

3. Jared and Ivanka will always do what they think is best for Jared and Ivanka.

[UTUSN]

4. Barf

[Hoyt]

5. Don't think trump has it for 2024, but he could endorse Haley for a guarantee

of some kind of recognition in the Party. Hope that all fails.

[Mr.Bill]

12. By then he'll be looking for a pardon. n/t

[oasis]

7. Nikki believes Jared is a "hidden genius". So far, he's done a great

of hiding his genius.

Haley also slid Tim "the Stiff" Scott into the U.S. Senate when she was Gov. of S.C..

[Yavin4]

8. Man, the 2024 Republican presidential nomination fight is going to be super ugly.

Really, really ugly.

[Progressive Jones]

9. And pathetically laughable. Every far-right creep will be in the race. nt

[Carlitos Brigante]

10. Not enough!! I need to see people in cage matches with an unlimited meth supply...... nt

[smirkymonkey]

13. Yeah. This is shaping up to be a world-class shitshow.

Should make for some interesting theater.

[JI7]

11. Haley is overrated like Rubio . But the Media always is trying to push

some minority republican so they can pretend repbulicans aren't racist.

[PortTack]

14. Does anyone really think the gqp would put a woman in the WH? Or even VP?

Never happening

[leftstreet]

15. Of course they would

And GOPer voters will eat it up. They loved that weirdo from Alaska. How better to "own the libs" than putting a woman THEY approve of in the WH first.

[no_hypocrisy]

16. Wait, wait, what? I thought *Ivanka* was supposed to be "The First Woman President" ? ? ? ?

Daddy-in-law, where's your loyalty? The father of Wifey-in-law pardoned your ass.