Trump's bullshit about Jared Kushner is sickening.

[madaboutharry]

I am sick of Trump talking about Jared Kushner being a "quality" person and how Kushner is going to bring "Peace To The Middle East" - give me a fucking break.

Kushner can't pass an FBI background check because he is dirty and corrupt.

Ugh! Now he's bragging about the Czarina Ivanka.

[dchill]

1. He works for free - just like Manafort.

[Botany]

5. No Jared is working to get money so his money losing real estate deals don't go bust.

He is over 1 billion in debt.

[dchill]

13. Yes. Just like his father-in-law.

[procon]

2. His head will explode if Kelly actually does his job and kicks Jared out

along with all the other "best and brightest" people Trump hired that are unqualified to work in the govt.

[riversedge]

3. Reporter had asked if Jared would get a secur. clearance--Trump said he will leave it up to Kelly.

He raised Kelly also.

Interesting that Trump said We inherited a broken system (the security clearance process). Yet he, for once did not verbally mention Obama but the reference was clear!!!

[NewJeffCT]

6. seems like the process is working pretty well

in that Kushner and others can't get their clearance...

[marylandblue]

9. What system did he inherit?

Nobody in Obama's White House had trouble getting a clearance. Obama was actually criticized for having an overly cautious vetting process for new hires.

[dawg day]

10. Also it's not an Obama program

The FBI has a protocol, and it doesn't just apply to WH personnel. Many of us have been through the FBI security check. I once applied for a job to work for a government contractor-- student loans administration! I mean, nothing to do with security- and went through the whole check, my previous neighbors being questioned, and so on. Oh, and I passed. (Didn't take the job, after all that.)

It's just that Trump hires people who want to be like him-- rich and corrupt-- and they tend not to do well in security clearances.

[HipChick]

11. What the fuck is broken about it? Nothing to do with Obama...

Except for none of his people can get security clearance...and Russia may already have the info on who is actually cleared in this country..

We never did find out who hacked the OPM..It would be easy to target and blackmail folks on this list though..

https://www.wired.com/2016/10/inside-cyberattack-shocked-us-government/

[Generic Brad]

12. Trump and our government is broken

Their greed is so overwhelming that they have failed in their primary duty - keeping us safe.

They have not kept us safe from violence in our work places and schools. They have not kept us safe through the undermining of our health care. They have not kept us safe from financial predators. They have not kept us safe from hostile foreign governments and mobsters. They have laid the groundwork with their tax scheme to ensure our long term financial health is no longer safe.

They broke it all and they are to blame for the pain that is happening and coming.

[imanamerican63]

4. What a pathetic moron!

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Notice something today.

Sheldon Adelson is backing Kushner in this story,all about Adelson getting Trump Crime Syndicate to move the American Embassy to Adelson's favorite Agitating spot.

[PoorMonger]

8. Yeah. And he works for free!

Just like Paulie Numbnuts Manafort ran his campaign for free while in massive debt to Russians.

This is not a good argument by any measure. In fact it is blatant evasion by Trump that only lays bare the corruption.