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BAGHDAD (The Borowitz Report)Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that he became incredibly well-informed on the Middle East by reading up on the region while waiting for the ski lift on a recent trip to Aspen.
There would be times when youd have to wait five or even ten minutes for the ski lift, and thats when Id take out my phone and read up on the Middle East, he said. I really got into it.
Kushner said that the Middle East was a truly fascinating region because of all the countries that they have there.
There is Israel, and Egypt, but there is also Yemen and places like that, he said. Sometimes I would start learning about a new country, but then the ski lift would come.
http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/jared-kushner-says-he-read-up-on-middle-east-during-minutes-waiting-for-ski-lift?mbid=nl_040417 Borowitz Newsletter (1)&CNDID=25394153&spMailingID=10755552&spUserID=MTMzMTgyNjg0NzM5S0&spJobID=1140288257&spReportId=MTE0MDI4ODI1NwS2
DesertFlower
(11,649 posts)JDC
(10,130 posts)I just googled a map! This international stuff is easy. Wheee!!!!
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)lapucelle
(18,303 posts)of Middle East Policy for Dummies.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)As a beginning to learning about the region. He's read a lot of much more in depth books since but we still have the Dummies book on the shelf.
Maybe we should buy the newest edition and send it to Jared?
http://www.dummies.com/store/product/The-Middle-East-For-Dummies.productCd-0764554832.html#
Problem is, they haven't updated it since January 2003.
lapucelle
(18,303 posts)Are there Cliff Notes as well? Classic Comics?
csziggy
(34,136 posts)lapucelle
(18,303 posts)to the Middle East as a special envoy. He's just as qualified as anyone in the Trump circle.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)He just likes to understand current events. While he complains about being dyslexic and slow to read, he reads a lot and retains most of what he reads with a very thorough understanding.
And yes, he probably is as qualified as anyone in the Trump circle.
Bleacher Creature
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There really is no line anymore between satire and reality.
Arkansas Granny
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samnsara
(17,625 posts)sheshe2
(83,846 posts)or the Middle East for Dummies?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)we. And I'm so F'en fed up with hearing about him and his deals. He's trying to run a country, not broker a building sale.
malaise
(269,144 posts)It's believable
kskiska
(27,045 posts)He was given some National Geographics to read on the plane flying over.
maxsolomon
(33,360 posts)And it's not like it can get much worse without devolving into (yet another) shooting match.
So good fucking luck, Consigliere Kushner.
Alice11111
(5,730 posts)So, he's turned most everything over to Kushner.
How little Kushner knows compared to the people on the other side. In terms of intellect, it is a bug versus an Army of Generals. Kushner, like DT, has always been so pampered and made to feel so special for being rich, that he doesn't even know how over his head he is. The opposition will see it clearly.
kairos12
(12,866 posts)Vinnie From Indy
(10,820 posts)Have a drink and listen to some Miles Davis.
This has.become one way I cope with this insanity.
Cheers!
NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)... you see the author's name, or the domain name.
dalton99a
(81,565 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)I wish I could say I was surprised by this. But, nothing these assholes do surprises me anymore. Not one goddamn thing.