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Kushner, Inc review: Jared, Ivanka Trump and the rise of the American kakistocracy
Vicky Ward has produced a damning depiction, a lethal amalgam of Page Six-like dish and firsthand investigative reportingLike Donald Trump, Americans are displeased with Jared Kushner, the presidents squeaky sounding son-in-law. As the reality that Kushner received his White House security clearance the same way he got into Harvard sinks in Daddy pulled some very expensive strings his popularity will not be rebounding anytime soon.
Vicky Wards book is subtitled: Greed. Ambition. Corruption. The Extraordinary Story of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump. It is a damning depiction of the Kushner clan and Javanka.
Kushner, Inc is an amalgam of Page Six-like dish, post-Holocaust social history, firsthand investigative reporting and recapitulation of Javanka & Cos contempt for rules, at least those that directly affect them. In Wards telling, Charlie Kushner, Jared Kushners father, dreamed of becoming Americas Jewish Joe Kennedy, Ivanka Trump fantasizes about being president and Donald Trump almost wishes Ivanka could have been his first lady. Ward puts it all out there, waiting for the reader to inhale, gasp and possibly heave in disgust.
Surprisingly, there has been little concerted pushback. Charlie Kushners recent op-ed in the Washington Post only reinforces the books central contention that Jared Kushner eviscerated the line between the public good and his own interests. From the looks of things, the Kushners treated the notions of national interest and service as punchlines.
More: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/24/kushner-inc-review-vicky-ward-jared-ivanka-trump-kakistocracy
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Kushner, Inc review: Jared, Ivanka Trump and the rise of the American kakistocracy (Original Post)
canetoad
Mar 2019
OP
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)1. Getting Worse all the time
Shame it takes a British paper to give us truth while our media gushes over the kakistocracy.
dalton99a
(81,488 posts)2. +1
Norman Conkedwest
(46 posts)3. Kakistocracy
Jeez, words associated with the Trump Klan even look and sound Russian!