John Bolton: Jared Kushner is the most powerful person in Trump's White House

[JonLP24]

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Kushner was said to be "pissed" at campaign manager Brad Parscale over the thousands of empty seats at what was supposed to be Trump's "comeback" following weeks without a rally due to coronavirus restrictions. It is unclear if he may have taken the reins from Parscale, at least temporarily.

Kushner's qualifications for the lead White House job include briefly running a newspaper, taking on hundreds of millions of dollars in real estate debt and knowing the president well after marrying his eldest daughter. The power couple has made north of $100 million during their time at the White House.

In the interview, Bolton later added that if Trump were re-elected, "members of his family" — specifically Jared and Ivanka — would tell him to give a Supreme Court seat to a liberal justice.

"But let's imagine he's re-elected and a member of the liberal side of the Supreme Court leaves," Bolton said. "I could imagine advisers that he has now saying, 'You know, you nominated two wonderful conservative justices in your first term. Now, think of your legacy. Think of the balance of the Supreme Court. Nominate equally competent liberal justices in your second term so that you leave the balance of the court as it was when you came in — what a legacy that would be.'"

https://www.salon.com/2020/06/22/john-bolton-jared-kushner-is-the-most-powerful-person-in-trumps-white-house/

I'm not sure I believe the part about a liberal justice especially in a second term where he doesn't have to worry about re-election.

McConnell advised Trump to release a list of judges from the Heritage Foundation to help him get conservatives on board. Brannon credits that move with helping Trump winning the election.

[Behind the Aegis]

1. Yeah, right.

The writing is on the wall.

[dalton99a]

2. They all belong in prison.

[struggle4progress]

3. "He has learned his lesson! He is turning over a new leaf! His second term will be remembered

as an era of goodwill and compromise! He plans to bring all of his talent as a deal-maker to the problem of re-uniting Americans as we transition to greatness! Don't delay! This beauty will sell in twenty-four hours! It was owned by a little old lady who only drove it to church! Other people might try to fool you by putting hamberder in the gearbox -- but not us! We use only the choicest Trump Steaks!"

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

4. "Re-elect me. I'll nominate liberal SC Justices, I will, I will."

I'm sure he'd keep that promise.

[mnmoderatedem]

5. and as a reminder, Kushner along with over thirty others

were denied White House security clearance by the secret service, which trump subsequently ignored.

Was big news for a day or two, and like everything else with trump, quickly faded away.

Meanwhile, Hillary's emails....

[Awsi Dooger]

6. I would know what odds to place on Trump nominating two liberal justices

Same as the Titanic resuming its voyage tomorrow