…all good mate. We are both on the same side. I’m on the outside looking in. I don’t and can’t speak for these people. I honestly don’t know what its like. I live on the other side of the world with a Prime Ministerwho is the polar opposite of everything that Trump says and believes and stands for. I’m privileged to live here, but conscious that if it weren’t for a quirk in our electoral system it could have been very very different.
That’s my read. They knew that Miller would just creep everyone out, so they sent in Kushner figuring that he’d do a better job of not sounding like an asshole.
In general, I think that Kushner is reasonably intelligent (and would probably be a lefty if allowed to be so - except as regards the future of Israel), but there’s only so much you can do when asked to polish a turd.
But, to be fair, Kushner is probably bright enough to have come out of the meeting realizing what sorts of compromises were going to be necessary and he is in position to be able to go over Miller’s head. Potentially, he could actually bring a different plan to the table that’s not stupid.
I suspect, though, that anti-Mexican racism is about the closest thing to having a lock on his voting base as Trump has. Where he might be willing to be swayed by Kushner on many things, I don’t think he has much choice on this one but to live somewhere between “lock them up all up” and “start burning them all at the stake”. Approving DACA isn’t on that spectrum.
I’m sorry, but I have to know exactly what about Kushner made him a good candidate for pushing an immigration reform. What is the point? It’s like making me an NRA supporter.
What makes anyone a candidate for being a politician? Ain’t none of them ever worked in USCIS, or the Fed, or CMS, or…
At the end of the day, very little of the government is run by people who have experience with the subjects that they’re dealing with. But, that doesn’t all implode because they ask the experts below them to write reports, explain things to them, ask them for advice and in the end trust what those people tell them.
Kushner can do that as much as ex-waitress Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez can (no offense nor endorsement intended for either of them).
Nobody expects a President to be an expert in every subject he’s going to need to know.
But he needs to be an expert at learning things. To do his job even halfway effectively, he needs to absorb huge amounts of information and get it sorted out in his mind. Then he has to be able to apply what he’s just learned. And he has to do it all in a short amount of time because there’s always something new that needs to be learned in the next hour.
I don’t see any signs that Donald Trump is capable of this kind of effort or is making any attempt at it.
…except this isn’t objectively true. We have hours and hours of evidence to show this isn’t true. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on record with nuanced and well informed positions on almost every she speaks out on. Her positions are debatable: but at least she has positions. Kushner speaks so rarely that when he does its a media event. His business acumen isn’t the greatest: I mean for fucks sakes he invested in 666 Fifth Avenue. We know nothing about Kushner. My read is that Kushner is just a little-bit less fucking stupid than Trump. Its why they don’t let him talk in public and why they don’t let him answer questions.
Hey look, it’s someone who hasn’t heard even five minutes of AOC speaking in congress.
On paper, Kushner has a degree from Harvard in government and AOC has a degree from Boston U in international relations and economics, so it’s not an unreasonable comparison… until, as noted, one actually hears them speak.
…and Kushner’s family made a pretty good contribution to Harvard before he was admitted.
He’s not “reasonably” intelligent. By many accounts, he’s actually a bit dim but this wouldn’t have been much of a detriment for a trust fund kid (as many of these asshats appears to be) had he not been thrust into the public spotlight. Trump’s been pushing Kushner for various important roles. The fact he’s never gotten any traction with any Republican power brokers tells you all you need to know about how capable he is, when the likes of Moore or Cain get serious consideration for Fed posts.
I’m not familiar with the Quartz, but they just ran this article and I think the reporter, Heather Timmons, is reputable:
Trump himself wouldn’t be an American under his new immigration plan
I wonder how much self-loathing Stephen Miller has or if he’s capable of it:
I think Kushner’s father basically bought him admission with a multimillion donation. Reportedly, Kushner’s high school classmates and teachers thought he was in no way up to normal Havard standards and were surprised when he was accepted.
It took about 10 seconds to find this article:
The Story Behind Jared Kushner’s Curious Acceptance Into Harvard
And, twenty years later, it’s still going on.
Thoghtcrime, anyone? Although I doubt His Nibs has ever read 1984, nor even Animal Farm.
DoubleplusUngood crimethink.
I’m surprised he’s not finding ways to monetize his superpowers rather than work for the trump administration.
What is it with Republicans and gazing into people’s eyes? GWB said of Putin “I looked the man in the eye. I found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy. We had a good dialogue. I was able to get a sense of his soul”.
Well, throwing children into cages is one good way to develop future gang members, so it’s probably not that hard to do.
Well, we now get another insight into how Trump spends his days as president (when not golfing, tweeting or watching TV). It ties in with the story of his day-to-day running of his business, which largely involved him sitting around and looking at fabric swatches.
“…so-called minors…”
Trump’s assholes love that “so-called” dismissiveness, don’t they?
Morgan went on to say, “Sure, you hear all this talk about them being minors. But have you ever seen any coal from them? I haven’t.”
Okay, Trump didn’t read Animal Farm. But he saw the movie several times and he loved it. Especially the scene where John Belushi peeks into the girl’s bedroom window. It reminds him of his own college days.
“Bringing people together”, “concentrating people in camps” Tomato, Tomahto.