Thread by @emeriticus

While Trump rages against the press and refuses to concede, Javanka appear eager to get on with what they are sure is Trump's loss. These two were among the first to ask Trump to concede and it's irrelevant if Trump's supporters don't believe that 1/ nytimes.com/2020/11/24/us/…

So while Trump does his thing, Javanka are already looking on to life beyond the White House, having thoroughly hijacked and derailed a whole presidential term, because these two are as transactional as it gets 2/

And they made sure to use the White House to build their own portfolios and grow their own networks and establish themselves as political players and build up their cronies 3/

So something Trump supporters should consider, though I think the focus on electoral fraud will prevent many of them from considering, is this: if Trump miraculously reverses the course of the election and simply brings these two back into the fold, what changes? 4/

Trump said just before November that if he wins Jared is a hero. Trump supporters are marching in the streets, getting into fights with BLM/antifa while cops look on and do nothing. Meanwhile, these two tell dad to quit with a sigh and an eyeroll 5/

If Trump ends up staying in the White House or if he is evicted and becomes GOP kingmaker on the outside, how forgiving will Trump's supporters be of this? 6/

This is not a small issue. If you think that these two (Kushner more so) did not alter and disrupt the movement that began in 2016, you haven't been paying attention, and if you're only response is to say "fake news," then you're doing their work for them 7/

Kushner is part of the Wall Street wing in the WH that hates Trump's base. Carrying water for that is just lame brained 8/

The important thing here, more than the individuals involved, is the need for movements capable of self criticism, i.e., if Trump supporters cannot say "We did all this work for you now you need to do this for us," but instead just Plan Trusts, that's indicative of a problem 9/