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Nevilledog

(55,091 posts)
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:28 PM Feb 2022

Shame Cometh: The Jared Kushner Story



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Greg Olear
@gregolear
"At the time, the states hit the hardest by covid-19 were New York, New Jersey, and California. . . . He was willing to let the populations of those states—home to his family and friends—get sick and die to help his father-in-law’s re-election prospects."

gregolear.substack.com
Shame Cometh: The Jared Kushner Story
A tale of hubris and disgrace.
6:00 AM · Feb 8, 2022


https://gregolear.substack.com/p/shame-cometh-the-jared-kushner-story

*snip*

The son was tall and quiet, like his mother. He was intellectually lazy and not particularly smart, but was always convinced he knew better than anyone else, despite ample evidence to the contrary.

He got ho-hum grades in high school. His SAT tests were subpar. He applied to Harvard, but was only accepted after his father donated millions to the school.

He had an unusual college experience. On weekends he flew to Alabama to visit his father in prison. While taking classes, he ran some of the family real estate concerns in Boston. He did not leave a mark at the school. Little about him was memorable.

When he graduated, he went to work for the family real estate business. His big idea was to buy a building on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. The cost was staggering: $1.8 billion. The deal closed in 2007, at the height of the boom. The real estate market collapsed, along with the rest of the economy, within months of the ink drying. The building was underwater. The debt service was onerous, threatening to bankrupt the family business. He was willing to do almost anything to prevent that from happening. If the investment failed, if the company failed, that meant that he had failed—that he hadn’t been right. And he was always right.

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Shame Cometh: The Jared Kushner Story (Original Post) Nevilledog Feb 2022 OP
I hope his path mirrors his father's... llmart Feb 2022 #1
who was a money launderer for the Russian mob. underpants Feb 2022 #2
Schmendrick no_hypocrisy Feb 2022 #3
Putz. Schmuck. Hekate Feb 2022 #5
As my late in-laws would have said, "This is a shanda". I say it is a shame on us all... Hekate Feb 2022 #4
Of Course the soulless Nazi Zombie Cha Feb 2022 #6
They have no shame. CrackityJones75 Feb 2022 #7
Great Article/History of the creep. Should be read in full. Too bad he is protected by the 3-Ws... JoeOtterbein Feb 2022 #8
Yup. blm Feb 2022 #10
It looks like the scapegoat mercuryblues Feb 2022 #9
Sent it on to an old friend who's retired from Civil Service in DC. She said Jared was Gollum... Hekate Feb 2022 #11

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
4. As my late in-laws would have said, "This is a shanda". I say it is a shame on us all...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:54 PM
Feb 2022

… for allowing the Tribe of Trump anywhere near the White House.

Off to continue reading…


JoeOtterbein

(7,870 posts)
8. Great Article/History of the creep. Should be read in full. Too bad he is protected by the 3-Ws...
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 09:59 PM
Feb 2022

White, Wealthy and Well known makes it more likely he will die of old age, before he is arrested for any one of his many crimes.

mercuryblues

(16,460 posts)
9. It looks like the scapegoat
Tue Feb 8, 2022, 10:12 PM
Feb 2022

has been named. LOL.

I hope he squeals like a pig when questioned. Jared is not particularly bright enough to think up and orchestrate all of this without a helping hand. This stuff was not accomplished by a sole individual It took many, with the Slobfather at the top.

Hekate

(100,133 posts)
11. Sent it on to an old friend who's retired from Civil Service in DC. She said Jared was Gollum...
Wed Feb 9, 2022, 01:32 AM
Feb 2022

… as far as she was concerned.

Yessssss.

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