NYT Editorial Board rips into Jared: "What is Mr. Kushner doing in this job?"

[kpete]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/02/opinion/the-problem-with-jared-kushner.html

[dawnie51]

1. He sits in on all meetings.....

assessing who would be most likely to give him and his money. That's about all I see. Because he has zero qualifications for anything in government.

[tanyev]

2. I'm not so sure he won't fire him.

Grima Wormtongue Bannon is working really hard to make it happen.

[eShirl]

4. blood is thicker than scotch

[John1956PA]

5. +1, and congratulations on 15,000 posts. n/t

[PatSeg]

6. In-laws don't always

have an edge. Hard to say with this bunch.

[vlyons]

3. He won't be "fired"

But he might "resign" for health reasons, personal reasons, family reasons, face-saving reasons. The longer he stays, the greater I suspect the depth of his stupidity. But I suspect you're right. His only contribution is to silently estimate how someone can be used and to what degree.

[Lonestarblue]

7. Is Jared Trump's brain?

With his inability to understand complex ideas, his poor memory, and lack of stamina, Trump may not be able to fire Jared (presumably Ivanka would go too) because Jared and Ivanka sit in meetings and then probably later explain to him what was said and what he should think. If he has beginning Alzheimer's disease, he may not be able to function completely on his own. Trump may not realize that, but I'll bet Ivanka and Jared do.

[Strelnikov_]

8. ". . except maybe a wholly owned and rather tawdry and occasionally bankrupt casino operation . ."

That left a mark.

[grantcart]

9. that was like a tattoo of an ex girl friend on your neck

Some folks are trying to provoke a reaction. This should do it.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. NYT Ed Board must be dense

he's privatizing government resources into private hands.

Isn't that the whole objective of this Administration?

[Mountain Mule]

11. Kushner doesn't have a job - just a fat offshore bank account

[keithbvadu2]

12. What is Jared doing? - Family business.