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[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 days ago

Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, is leading U.S. diplomatic efforts with Iran while engaged in a lucrative, ongoing, multi-billion-dollar business relationship with the Saudi government. This brazenly corrupt arrangement is being completely ignored by most major media outlets.

In 2021, Kushner raised $2 billion from the Saudi government’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) for his private equity fund, Affinity Partners. Since that time, Kushner has collected more than $110 million in management fees from the Saudi government, according to calculations by Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Congressman Robert Garcia (D-CA). Even as he has assumed a central diplomatic role in negotiations with Iran, Kushner has reportedly sought billions more from the Saudis.

Accepting payments from a foreign government while leading diplomacy for the U.S. would be a glaring conflict of interest under any circumstances. But in this case, Kushner was on the Saudi payroll as Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), the de facto ruler of the country, reportedly lobbied Trump both to initiate and continue the war.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 days ago

The actual media blackout is that Kushner is an Israeli agent and Netanyahu used to sleep over taking his bed

[-] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Probably took his laundry there as well

[-] matlag@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 days ago

Apparently in this case he's a Saudi agent. So it seems he's primarily a whoever-pays-him-the-most agent. And he's a very very worthy investment: for 110M$ of fees, Saudi got a war worth tens of billions of $ paid by USA's tax payers.

Well, there a side-effect they probably didn't anticipate, but you know Saudi rulers: they funded Bin Ladin, ISIS, their former king was convinced Earth was flat, their scholars still don't believe it rotates, they thought vanishing a journalist in their embassy would not be noticed. You can't expect a real strategy or deep thoughts…

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

Kushner gets money because he holds political power in the US. Kushner holds political power because of his connections to Israel.

The Kushner family has been heavily groomed by none other than Netanyahu himself. The ties are glaring. https://www.jpost.com/american-politics/when-netanyahu-slept-at-the-kushners-and-other-media-tales-of-trumps-jewish-confidantes-481486

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