Kushner: Trump didn't believe conspiracy theories

[TubbersUK]

Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, personally assured skittish acquaintances the President-elect didn't really believe some of the more outrageous claims he was making, according to a new New York magazine profile.

"Back when Trump was spinning birther conspiracy theories, which were lapped up by gullible Republicans, one person who talked to Kushner says he offered assurances that his father-in-law didn't really believe that stuff," the report says.

"People say (Trump) is unhinged," Kushner told an associate, per the report. "I think he unhinged everyone else."

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/01/08/politics/jared-kushner-donald-trump-new-york/index.html



Bait and switch.

I'll be spreading this around on social media.

[madaboutharry]

1. Is that somehow better?

If that's the case, Kushner is telling us his father-in-law is a manipulative lying fraud who is full of shit.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

15. Exactly!

How the fuck is this supposed to mitigate Trump's heinousness?

[uponit7771]

18. +1, seems they're all deluded people who think MiniPootin is sane

[Bucky]

19. plus this doesn't actually show he's NOT crazy

he's just not that one particular kind of crazy

[zbird]

2. But he says what he means, isn't that why they voted for him?

Duped again!

[hatrack]

3. Fuck Jared, Fuck Yambo

That is all . . .

[elleng]

4. He/they'll be baiting and switching for 4 (?) years.

If pence ends up in the driver's seat, not so much 'switch.'

[Charles Bukowski]

5. Nah, Trump a conspiracy nut, the real deal.

This is just a weak attempt to paint Shitbag as being more clever than he actually is.

[pangaia]

6. Of course he didn't believe it. He was just making up shit, as always.

Pretty obvious.
And that is even worse.

[gulliver]

7. Trump just sells the drugs. He doesn't use them.

Is that the idea?

[teamster633]

22. The Gustavo Fring of the rEpublican party.

[HassleCat]

8. Really? Prove it!

That's the thing about conspiracy theory. You have to be crazy to promote it, and slightly crazier to believe what you're promoting. The fun part is, there's no way to tell the difference.

[Phoenix61]

9. Birds of a feather

If Trump is crazy he might not stay President and where would that leave Kushner. Better to have people hating Trump than to expose him as the bat shit crazy whack job he is. Of course, Kushner is just putting off the inevitable but that should buy him some time to become indispensable to Pence. I'd be willing to bet as soon as he has accomplished that he'll throw Trump under the bus and have him declared incompetent so the kids can take over the business and not have to worry about what dear old daddy wants.

[Thinkingabout]

10. Trump becomes unhinged about small things, like Alex Baldwin,

Hillary calling him a puppet (he is) and anything said about him. There is going to be lots more.

[NCjack]

11. I think that most of us were sure that Donald Trump

did not believe that Pres. Obama was born in Kenya. He was just slimming to damage the president's reputation with our under-educated and frightened citizens. So, I feel comfortable with anyone slimming Donald, as long as they personally do not believe it. Like for example the rumor that I just read tonight that he is married to Euro-thrash who posed nude and is an ex-prostitute. The people who said that may very well not believe it -- and it's OK.

[C_U_L8R]

12. So... Trump's not just a stupid a**hole

He's an evil stupid fucking asshole.

[Solly Mack]

13. So Shrump was merely playing to his audience, and he obviously thinks said audience

is filled with the ignorant clamoring for racist attacks to wallow in and latch onto as a rallying cry.

Kushner is either calling Trump supporters a pack of fools and that his father-in-law was playing a role to gain their vote, or Kushner is a lying sack of shit.

Gee, Jared, which is it?

Obvious contempt for Trump voters or are you a lying?

I'll go out on a limb and say you actually do have contempt for those who voted for your father-in-law and that you are also a liar.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

14. That's even worse.

Believing stupid conspiracy theories is stupid; pretending you believe them to court an audience is deceitful and cynical.

[Generator]

32. That would make him an evil sociopath

Just as I suspected. But still he is racist of that I'm certain. So when the Jewish Kushner defends neo-nazi Daddy in law I have a problem with it. Conspiracy theories have gotten Jews murdered since time began. The fact that he thinks it's okay is so sickening I don't even have words.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

33. Bingo.

[DetlefK]

16. When will Trump release his shocking evidence about Obama's birth-certificate?

You know, the evidence that his investigators found on Hawaii. As he said in a 2009 interview.

I guess, he'll release that evidence the same day as he reveals his hacking evidence that only he knows and US intelligence doesn't.

[malaise]

17. He never sent investigators to Hawaii

Just said it and moved on

[Raster]

20. Kushner is a dangerous little shit...

...wears the veneer of a NYC businessman, all the while whistpers into Il Douchebag's ears, telling him he's doing great.

[Vinca]

21. So if we shouldn't have believed Trump then, why should we believe him now?

And why should we believe Trump has the intelligence of something other than a 5th grader if he engaged in promoting conspiracy theories he supposedly didn't believe in?

[Jacob Boehme]

23. Sweet Screaming Jesus.... Trump is a walking conspiracy not just a theory!

[nycbos]

24. It's like what the Simpsons said about Fox News.

Not racist but #1 with racists.

[spanone]

25. i don't think trump believes in ANYTHING.

a soulless pos

[C_U_L8R]

26. Phony, fool or liar?

Which one is he, Jared son-in-law?

[BeyondGeography]

27. His supporters were unhinged and are still looking for their hinges

Kushy talks like the joke is on everyone else. Uh-uh. He should replay the victory tour tapes when Trump basically told his supporters they should calm down now that he won and their response was a fresh round of Lock Her Up chants. He released the hounds; good luck getting them happily back in their cages.

[randr]

28. Believeing them is only a small part of the problem

Spreading the lies, if he doubted them, is far fare worse.

[unblock]

29. generally i believe in "never ascribe to malice what can adequately be explained by stupidity"

i.e., most bad crap people do isn't because they meant to be evil, they're usually just stupid or inept.
in any event, usually it's very hard to determine that they actually meant to do rotten things.



so, thanks, jared, for clarifying that toxic trump actually is evil.

[keithbvadu2]

30. So Jared's 'defense' of the Donald is the Trump is a deliberate liar.

[Historic NY]

31. Even stuff you published in your paper.

[LisaM]

34. Great, a President whose goal is to unhinge the country's citizens.

I'm not sure how that's supposed to reassure us.

[C Moon]

35. His supporters are always making excuses for him.

Their brains just can't handle it.

[Nitram]

36. "Don't worry, our president is a liar and doesn't mean half the things he says."

The other half, he doesn't know what he's talking about.

[Doitnow]

37. Lie, Cheat and Steal-----of course!