The new US President Donald Trump said on Twitter today that the transition of power "is going smoothly", rejecting accusations that the process is falling into chaos, and in the new distribution of powers, his son-in-law Jared Kushner appears as a powerful player, according to "Politico".
Kushner also proved to be influential in the election campaign, and there are hints that it is he who will sideline the Republican governor of New Jersey, Chris Christie, who spent months laying the foundations of the new administration, and who 10 years ago, when he was a prosecutor, put Kushner's father behind bars. explains this portal.
The 35-year-old millionaire is the husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump, and while the president-elect spoke with his predecessor Barack Obama at the White House last Sunday, Kushner spoke with Obama's chief of staff, according to the BBC.
Kushner discreetly became one of his father-in-law's closest advisers, and his powerful influence during the election campaign was reflected, among other things, in providing a digital strategy.
Trump's son-in-law, who is reluctant to appear in front of the cameras and mostly "operates behind the scenes", deals in real estate and is the owner of the newspaper "New York Observer", which he bought in 2006 when he was only 25 years old, and also owns the skyscraper at 666 Fifth Avenue. a few blocks away from the father-in-law's tower.
Kushner has not yet been given an official position in the Trump administration, but he has been named, along with three of Trump's children, to the transition team, and appears to enjoy the confidence of the president-elect.
This Orthodox Jew of Polish origin, whose grandparents survived the Holocaust, and who was born and raised in abundance in Livingston, New Jersey, where his father made his fortune in real estate, once defended Trump against accusations of anti-Semitism in an editorial in his newspaper.
Kushner's father Charles ended up in prison for a series of crimes, including tax evasion and witness tampering, and in his case the prosecutor was none other than former New Jersey state attorney and 2016 Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie.
According to the BBC, Kushner, among other things, advised his father-in-law to choose Mike Pence, not Christie, as his vice-presidential candidate.
Trump and his son-in-law may have a similar past and origin, given that both of them inherited real estate empires at a relatively young age, while Trump's father, like Kushner's, was a controversial figure who found himself in court on charges for racial discrimination.
Kushner and Trump have something else in common - a lack of political experience, which did not prevent the new president from praising his son-in-law as "very good at politics."
On the other hand, unlike his father-in-law, Kushner is calm, composed and does not like to be in the foreground.
Soft-spoken and extremely young, Trump's son-in-law, given his extensive involvement in the election campaign and his close relationship with the newly elected president, could become extremely influential in Washington, the BBC concludes.
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