Jared's Middle East talks are not going very well....

[HipChick]

Maybe he should stick to Russian money laundering instead?

Link to tweet

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/339322-trump-weighing-pulling-out-of-middle-east-peace-process-reports

Palestinians disappointed after 'tense' meeting with Kushner: report

President Trump will reportedly receive a report about the Israeli-Palestinian peace process following a "tense" meeting between White House senior adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner and leaders about the issue.

The London-based Arabic daily al-Hayat reports that Kushner's meeting with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was “tense,” according to a translation from the Jerusalem Post, and Abbas was reportedly furious at Kushner relaying the demands of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Israeli newspaper Haaretz also reports that Palestinian officials were “greatly disappointed” by their meeting with Kushner and Trump’s Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.

[Mosby]

1. Abbas can't negotiate on behalf of the Palestinians anyway

He represents fatah and the PA. Whatever agreements he might sign could be challenged later on because he is not the elected leader of the Palestinians.

Until there are elections in the WB and Gaza negotiations won't be productive.

[COLGATE4]

2. Shh. Jared doesn't know that and neither does his FIL.

[Wounded Bear]

3. We have never had a lot of leverage there...

under Trump, we have less. Everybody knows two things:

1 Where Trump's loyalties and interests lie, in Trump and only Trump

2 Trump doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground, apparently that's why he plays golf.

Everybody knows that a Trump deal is not worth the paper it is printed on.

[sarge43]

4. Plus, Sonny is a mouse in a viper pit.

It's the freaking Middle East; even God can't broker a lasting deal there.

[Mickju]

5. Not surprising at all

Jared is a lightweight with no experience whatsoever. What an idiotic decision to send him over there.

[democratisphere]

6. It's tough to have "talks" when you are unable or don't talk.

Jared is in way over his head.

[MiddleClass]

7. I am shocked, shocked, a 30 something Orthodox Jewish trust fund baby from New Jersey

Would meet the Israeli leader divvy up Palestine and then the Palestinians wouldn't accept their demands.

Shocked I tell you.

[kskiska]

8. Never send a boy

to do a man's job.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Jared's only interest is selling Visas for dollars invested in his properties.

[gordianot]

10. Maybe he needs a few pointers from the one and only success.

Jimmy Carter

[MurrayDelph]

11. Doesn't Jared's family

build housing settlements in the disputed zone?


Can't imagine why the Palestinians wouldn't see him as a honest peace broker.
/sarcasm-off

[Girard442]

12. I'm amazed they're actually doing something.

I figured Jared would go over for a couple of photo-ops, eat some hummus, and come home claiming enormous progress.

[liberalla]

13. But, but, but... didn't 45 say, "if anyone can broker peace in the Mideast, Jared can! "

? ? ? unbelievable...

[HipChick]

15. If Jared can't fix it, the blame stays with him...

'cos the Orange Blossom can't take responsibility for any failure..

[erpowers]

14. Shocked, Just Shocked

I am completely shocked that a young man that not only has little to no government experience, but also does not have any experience working on Middle East issues seems to be having trouble achieving Middle East Peace. I truly thought that a young man whose only claims to fame were being born into a rich real estate family and marrying the daughter of another man who was born into a rich real estate family could do what others who had spent years of their lives gaining education and knowledge about Middle East issues and working on Middle East issues could not do. Who could have figured that Jared Kushner would not be able to bring about Middle East peace?

[Takket]

16. imagine how insulted as a leader or ambassadore you would be

if the president of the united states blew you off by sending his daughter's real estate investing husband to talk to you. That is INSULTING. it is like a baseball team's manager sending the bat boy out to argue with an umpire

[Mike Nelson]

17. Shocking...

...who could possibly have foreseen this failure?