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Dark n Stormy Knight

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19. Have you read this New York Mag piece on him?
Tue Jan 31, 2017, 05:20 PM
Jan 2017
“I thought I would need to explain to the business community what a Trump presidency means,” Kushner began. “But the markets seem to have figured it out.” He told the audience about his own process of figuring out Trump’s appeal, saying that he had once lived in a “bubble” on the Upper East Side. He thought about immigration in terms of Silicon Valley’s needs, about education the way Robin Hood Foundation philanthropists did, about climate change in terms of carbon emissions, not mining jobs.

Then, about a year ago, Kushner said, he had started traveling the country with Trump, going to rallies where thousands of ordinary Americans shouted in fury about government regulations and the Common Core curriculum. (And torturing terrorists and locking up his opponent, though Kushner didn’t mention those lines.) The gilded scales fell from his eyes.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/01/jared-kushner-trump-administration-power.html

As if people not willing to stoop to the level of a cretin like Trump don't have valid concerns? So, what would have happened if he had listened to other "ordinary Americans" with different concerns?

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Poor kid n/t hibbing Jan 2017 #1
no sympathy you married into that family. irisblue Jan 2017 #2
Maybe now he can have a little sympathy for his evicted tenants? LisaM Jan 2017 #3
Prolly not, elleng Jan 2017 #7
Was Kushner to one who ran clubs and didn't want AAs there? brush Jan 2017 #10
Have you read this New York Mag piece on him? Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #19
Yuck. Petty, entitled, greedy, thin-skinned LisaM Jan 2017 #25
Exactly. He's determined to avenge his father, Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #30
That would have been close to a pound a day, how could he do that? braddy Jan 2017 #4
Bad case of acid reflux? nt NCjack Jan 2017 #24
Maybe he was carrying a few extra chins torius Jan 2017 #27
I never realized the root of the word "sabbatical" was from the Jewish Sabbath...and pkdu Jan 2017 #5
Yep, the "own devices" bit was impressive. Dark n Stormy Knight Jan 2017 #20
'Any sign of distress with this band of fools is a good thing, right?' elleng Jan 2017 #6
Why would he expect anything different with anti-semitic Bannon as trumps chief counsel? brush Jan 2017 #8
You drink the kool-aid..... BlueJac Jan 2017 #9
Second time I've seen this - How do they know he's lost 7 pounds? underpants Jan 2017 #11
Maybe he bought new clothes? HoneyBadger Jan 2017 #26
Lie down with dogs, rise up with fleas. nt tblue37 Jan 2017 #12
Are we forgive multi millionaire Kushner for his transgressions delisen Jan 2017 #13
good, he needs to lose 160 more MFM008 Jan 2017 #14
I've *gained* weight and my phylny Jan 2017 #15
If Kushner wants a clean conscience C_U_L8R Jan 2017 #16
It's true. trotsky Jan 2017 #23
What, he's never met Trump before? Coventina Jan 2017 #17
plynly..... dawnie51 Jan 2017 #18
When crap like this gets reported - I don't believe a word..sorry - their asiliveandbreathe Jan 2017 #21
Didn't he know what he was getting into? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2017 #22
Seriously, I have been stating the same for months... Raster Jan 2017 #29
I predicted that the 1st battle would be between Kushner and Bannon eleny Jan 2017 #28
Boo Hoo Gothmog Jan 2017 #31
Trying To Protect Himself and His Wife erpowers Jan 2017 #32
He helped to arrange Bill Clinton's accusers to attend the debates, so no sympathy from me wishstar Jan 2017 #33
I'm sure President Bannon's scheduling of the travel ban EO tanyev Feb 2017 #34
SMH. Didn't Jared divest *some* of his properties ecstatic Feb 2017 #35
He may want to reevaluate his priorities Crunchy Frog Feb 2017 #36
Idiot Bradical79 Feb 2017 #37
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