Thread by @MsMariaT

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5/23/18: "Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, has been granted his permanent security clearance, a person briefed on the matter said on Wednesday..."

nytimes.com/2018/05/23/us/…

(5/14/18):

Jared Kushner Speaks at US-Jerusalem Embassy Dedication - Full Speech

Who all did Jared meet with while he was over there? I bet Mueller knows.

How Kushner played matchmaker between Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to Woodward

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"According to Woodward’s account in the just-published “Fear,” Kushner’s efforts began during the first months of the Trump administration in early 2017...."

"Woodward says it was the president’s son-in-law and senior adviser who first proposed that the president’s first official foreign trip should include two stops: SAUDI ARABIA and Israel."

"The idea was to send a message about the U.S.’ commitment to forging closer relations between the two countries, who are both regional enemies of Iran."

"Woodward writes that Kushner discussed the issue with Derek Harvey, a retired military colonel who was in charge of Middle East policy at the National Security Council during Trump’s first year as president."

" Harvey told Kushner that choosing Riyadh as the first foreign capital to be visited by President Donald Trump would “fit perfectly with what we’re trying to do, reaffirm our support for the Saudis, our strategic objs in the region.”

And get some money from SA in the deal.

Oh, and some money from Israeli investors too. Bonus! (first tweet):

https://twitter.com/MsMariaT/status/1101896965237825537

"The real-estate company owned by the family of White House senior adviser Jared Kushner received a $30 million investment from one of Israel’s largest financial institutions shortly before his first diplomatic trip to the country last year..."

"The New York Times reports. The funds invested last spring by Menora Mivtachim, Israel’s largest manager of pension funds, went into 10 Maryland apartment complexes controlled by Kushner Companies, according to the report."

"The prev unreported transaction has renewed conflict-of-interest concerns in Kushner’s role as a peace broker in the ME, raising questions about his financial ties to Israel amid the White House’s attempts to be seen as an independent player in the Israel-Palestine conflict." 🙄

"Kushner resigned as chief executive of the company upon joining the Trump administration last January, but he remains the beneficiary of several trusts that own stakes in Kushner properties and investments. Kushner Companies has numerous business ties to Israel..."

"Woodward adds that the thinking was that “making Saudi Arabia the first presidential trip could go a long way to signaling that the Trump administration had new priorities. A summit in Saudi Arabia would also benefit Israel."

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I have no problem with the people of Israel. I have a huge problem with Benjamin Netanyahu, and his culture of EXTREMISM and CORRUPTION:

cnn.com/2019/02/28/mid…

timesofisrael.com/poll-shows-two…

"Behind Netanyahu’s Deal with the Racist Right—and How the Opposition United Against Him"

newyorker.com/news/daily-com…

"The Saudis and Israelis, both longtime foes of Iran, had both open and important back-channel relations.”

JARED AND TRUMP.

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"After writing that Kushner had strong ties to the most senior levels of the Israeli gov't, including PM Benjamin Netanyahu, Woodward then describes a disagreement between Kushner and other sr U.S. officials over who was the most important figure to work w/in Saudi Arabia."

"Woodward claims that while sr U.S. intelligence officials believed that the most influential Saudi was the then-crown prince, former intelligence chief Mohammed bin Nayef, Kushner had a different reading of the situation."

I'll bet Jared did. 🧐

"Kushner told Harvey he had important and reliable intelligence that the key to Saudi Arabia was the deputy crown prince, the charismatic 31-year-old Mohammed bin Salman, known as MBS,” writes Woodward. Some INTEL CHIEFS IN D.C. DISAGREED."

😡🤬

"The message from them was that Kushner better be careful,” Woodward wrote. “The real solid guy was the current crown prince, Mohammed bin Nayef, 57, who was known as MBN. He was the king’s nephew credited with dismantling Al-Qaida in the Kingdom as head of the Interior Ministry"

Showing favoritism to the younger MBS WOULD CAUSE FRICTION in the royal family,” he added." 🙄

"Kushner & Harvey allegedly pushed for a major summit to be held in Saudi Arabia during Trump’s visit, as a way of bringing the American-Saudi relationship back to the center of U.S. foreign policy, and that MBS became their main pt of contact for org'g the president’s arrival."

"Woodward writes that Defense Secretary JAMES MATTIS WAS SKEPTICAL about Kushner’s suggestions, as were two other top administration officials: ..."

"Then-Secty of State Rex Tillerson and then-National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster (who was officially Harvey’s direct boss), both of whom, like Mattis, had extensive experience working in the Middle East."

When even RExxon Tillerson won't go as far as you are willing to go 🙄

"Tillerson, who had worked with the Saudi leadership during his years as CEO of ExxonMobil, CAUTIONED against Kushner’s wish of negotiating a number of large deals with MBS."

But hey, the 37-yr-old silver-spooner knows best, amirite?

"Woodward writes that Tillerson also believed “engagement with MBS should be taken with a grain of salt. The U.S. could work hard on a summit, and in the end have NOTHING.”

And that's what we have right now. N-O-T-H-I-N-G. Except for more money for Jared. And SCANDALS...

Of Course Jared Kushner Got His Top-Secret Security Clearance Through Nepotism vanityfair.com/news/2019/03/j…

Lawyers distancing themselves from their clients...not a good look:

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"Woodward adds that “NO ONE supported the idea of a summit” in the spring of 2017, as Kushner was offering. Yet Kushner eventually got his way. With the president’s support, and despite the other senior officials’ objections, Kushner pushed for a visit to Saudi Arabia."

😠

"When it looked like they were close, Kushner invited MBS to the United States and brought him to the White House,” Woodward writes. The visit took place in 3/17, two months before Trump’s trip to the Middle East."

"Woodward notes that MBS had lunch with Trump in the White House’s State Dining Room, which is usually reserved for meetings between the president and other foreign leaders. “This VIOLATED PROTOCOL, unsettling officials at the State Department and the CIA,”

“Lunch at the White House with the president for a middle-rank deputy crown prince was just not supposed to be done.”

But there's The Orange Shitgibbon, doin' it. Of course. 🤡

Rememba dis? 100% JARED. You can bank on it.

How Saudi elite became five-star prisoners at the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton

theguardian.com/world/2017/nov…

"Trump says they 'have been milking their country for years!"

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Linking back to the two articles, these two make me sick to my stomach. I'm out 😡✌️

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