Foreign officials have discussed how to use White House senior adviser Jared Kushner’s business interests and lack of foreign policy experience to their advantage, raising concerns among some officials in the administration, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Officials in the United Arab Emirates, China, Israel and Mexico are reportedly among those who have privately talked about how they could gain leverage against President Trump’s son-in-law.
U.S. officials told the Post that they were worried Kushner was “naive and being tricked” during his meetings with foreign officials. It is not clear if any of the countries in question carried out what they discussed regarding Kushner, the newspaper reported.
National security adviser H.R. McMaster was surprised to learn of some of Kushner’s meetings with foreign officials and raised questions about those contacts in his daily intelligence briefings, the Post reported. A spokesman for Kushner’s lawyer called the claims “second-hand hearsay” from unnamed sources, according to the newspaper.
Kushner handles a broad range of responsibilities in the Trump administration, including negotiating Middle East peace. His real estate business has come under heightened scrutiny since he took a role in the Trump administration.
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JUST IN: Foreign officials discussed how to manipulate Jared Kushner over business ties, lack of experience: report https://t.co/ZqCvSk9nHZ pic.twitter.com/ECIFhUaTTD
— The Hill (@thehill) February 27, 2018
“H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s national security adviser, learned that Kushner had contacts with foreign officials that he did not coordinate through the National Security Council or officially report” https://t.co/XmKNeUtqed pic.twitter.com/weOeSDJJ4L
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 27, 2018
Duh. Can’t believe they are surprised by this.
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