Jared Kushner: Force of order and moderation in the White House? Or central player in latest Trump
spin campaign?
by Gary Legum at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/04/jared-kushner-force-of-order-and-moderation-in-the-white-house-or-central-player-in-latest-trump-spin-campaign/
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The piece also reported that Kushner is “frustrated” with the administration’s early stumbles and would like to see fewer ideologues and “zealots” in the West Wing. To that end, he is working on a plan to “improve the White House,” which he wants to present to Trump around the 90-day mark of his presidency, in less than three weeks or so.
What those improvements would look like are hard to imagine. One would think that giving Jared Kushner fewer responsibilities so that he’s not stretched thinner than Plastic Man might be a good start. It would also be completely out of character for this president, who has long relied on his closest family members to take on major roles in running his empire.
And when it comes to the people who work for him but aren’t related by blood or marriage, they are often relegated to one of the competing power centers of executives that Trump sets up while he hovers above it all, as the great leader whose favor everyone is currying. His White House has been no different. There has been the hard-line nationalist wing exemplified by Steve Bannon versus the more traditional conservative Republican wing represented by chief of staff Reince Priebus. Despite Bannon and Priebus proclaiming themselves as surprisingly happy to work together, the fighting between their subordinates has been a constant subplot playing out in the political press over the last few months.
The clashes between these two competing groups have provided the juiciest leaks for fans of political palace intrigue stories. The place is by all accounts riven by battles between these competing power centers, egged on by assaults from right-wing media outlets, which are policing the administration’s ideological purity and throwing fits if it inches even a millimeter to the left. The constant leaks to outlets like Breitbart and more mainstream organizations — like, well, Politico — have resulted in a toxic workplace where people spend more time worrying about their position in the Trump orbit or a colleague stabbing them in the back than they do about work.
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