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(34,195 posts)
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 11:46 PM Nov 2019

Jared Kushner's new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump's border wall

Source: stamford advocate

President Donald Trump has made his son-in-law Jared Kushner the de facto project manager for constructing his border wall, frustrated with a lack of progress over one of his top priorities as he heads into a tough reelection campaign, according to current and former administration officials.

Kushner convenes biweekly meetings in the West Wing, where he questions an array of government officials about progress on the wall, including updates on contractor data, precisely where it will be built and how funding is being spent. He also shares and explains the president's demands with the group, according to the officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal White House deliberations.

The president's son-in-law and senior adviser is pressing U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to expedite the process of taking over private land needed for the project as the government seeks to meet Trump's goal of erecting 450 miles of barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border by the end of 2020. More than 800 filings to seize private property will need to be made in the coming months if the government is going to succeed, officials aid.

Kushner has told other West Wing officials he is in charge of the wall, according to aides, and that it is paramount to Trump that at least 400 miles be built by Election Day. "The point is to get as much built in the next year so, so the president can say in the face of intense, almost demented opposition he has made reasonable progress," said Mark Krikorian, director of the Center for Immigration Studies, a Washington think tank that seeks to restrict immigration and supports many of Trump's policies.

Read more: https://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/article/Jared-Kushner-s-new-assignment-Overseeing-the-14862516.php



Published 8:51 pm EST, Monday, November 25, 2019

"More than 800 filings to seize private property will need to be made in the coming months if the government is going to succeed"

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Jared Kushner's new assignment: Overseeing the construction of Trump's border wall (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Nov 2019 OP
That will play well in Texas. Phoenix61 Nov 2019 #1
I hear they have guns in Texas. lagomorph777 Nov 2019 #17
So...no Middle East peace then? Zoonart Nov 2019 #2
He did such a great job bringing peace there IronLionZion Nov 2019 #3
Don't forget that he was also charged with solving the opioid crisis. Dave Starsky Nov 2019 #15
His simple solution will be to sell opioids to pay for the wall IronLionZion Nov 2019 #16
Kushner has just become a punchline these days. JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #4
Maybe running for president Scarsdale Nov 2019 #10
He has the personality of a tax accountant. JohnnyRingo Nov 2019 #18
Seems fitting not fooled Nov 2019 #5
And he has experience keeping minorities out. mjvpi Nov 2019 #8
Good. That will guarantee that the wall will never be built. olddad65 Nov 2019 #6
It would be comforting to me if they were all hard core Trump supporters. SamKnause Nov 2019 #7
So Trump has gotton away with moving money from one project to another. Nice precedent. :( patricia92243 Nov 2019 #9
Final destination of that money? Scarsdale Nov 2019 #11
So, the US taxpayers are not only paying for the wall and everything about it ... Maribelle Nov 2019 #12
How many "special projects" Proud Liberal Dem Nov 2019 #13
Jared-of-all-trades keithbvadu2 Nov 2019 #14
and master of none... dhill926 Nov 2019 #19
The madness never stops in this administration. Beacool Nov 2019 #20
Its called a horizontal promotion... Maxheader Nov 2019 #21
He'll do as well with that as he helped out in the middle-east Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2019 #22

Phoenix61

(16,952 posts)
1. That will play well in Texas.
Mon Nov 25, 2019, 11:58 PM
Nov 2019

I can’t think of anything they could do that is more likely to help the Dems.

JohnnyRingo

(18,581 posts)
4. Kushner has just become a punchline these days.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 12:45 AM
Nov 2019

As I recall, he has been assigned to everything from the opioid crisis to peace in the Middle East. That was when he wasn't busy on criminal justice reform and liaison work in Mexico, China, and the Muslim community.

Fact is, he's been sitting on his ass playing online solitaire and watching porn, just like he was on election day. Putting a Kushner in charge of the border wall sounds like another way of giving up. I don't think working is Prince Jared's thing.

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
10. Maybe running for president
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:01 AM
Nov 2019

is in Jared's future? With all the credentials he has been assigned, who has more experience? All this, without a Top Security Clearance. How talented this guy is.

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
5. Seems fitting
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 01:38 AM
Nov 2019

the wall doesn't have to be well built, or even built at all--there just needs to be enough "construction" to fool the MAGAts.

jared seems capable of overseeing something that doesn't actually have to work.


SamKnause

(13,042 posts)
7. It would be comforting to me if they were all hard core Trump supporters.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 02:17 AM
Nov 2019

I wish no ill to those who do not support republicans.

If you voted for republicans, you deserve everything coming your way.

If this seems harsh, I can not help that.

Republicans are the enemy.

They are destroying this country.

They are the greatest threat this country has ever faced.


Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
11. Final destination of that money?
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:05 AM
Nov 2019

tRump's personal accounts - overseas of course. I wonder who keeps track of the $100 MILION dollars Ivanka received, to promote women in business?. The gop HAS to investigate Hunter Biden, while the tRump family loots the treasury with no oversight whatsoever.

Maribelle

(4,783 posts)
12. So, the US taxpayers are not only paying for the wall and everything about it ...
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 08:53 AM
Nov 2019

in the past we've already paid to recruit and train builders such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and in the future will continue to pay for the benefits crediting the time they spent building the wall. Good lord, the lying Trump company gets worse every day.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
13. How many "special projects"
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 10:34 AM
Nov 2019

will Trump give this unelected dudebro? Also, never minding the fact that Trump's use of funds to build his vanity wall was never even authorized.

Beacool

(30,244 posts)
20. The madness never stops in this administration.
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 01:42 PM
Nov 2019

We were once a great nation, that may not have been loved by everybody, but at least we were respected. Now we are becoming a banana republic led by a mental midget with delusions of grandeur. The Trumps and the Kushners are mediocrities who would not have amounted to much without their fathers' money. That includes Donald Sr. As for Jared, he was a below par student who only got into Harvard because his ex-con father "donated" $2.5M to the university. And these are the grifters leading our nation. Pathetic!!!


Maxheader

(4,366 posts)
21. Its called a horizontal promotion...
Tue Nov 26, 2019, 01:46 PM
Nov 2019

That's what big corps do with people that look good in a suit but are worthless
in their position...Slide them over without pissing their promoters off and other
people..
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