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The Wooing of Jared Kushner: How the Saudis Got a Friend in the White House
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Dec 09, 2018 08:14pm |
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| Author | David D. Kirkpatrick, Ben Hubbard, Mark Landler and Mark Mazzetti |
| News Date | Saturday, December 8, 2018 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Senior American officials were worried. Since the early months of the Trump administration, Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and Middle East adviser, had been having private, informal conversations with Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the favorite son of Saudi Arabia’s king.
Given Mr. Kushner’s political inexperience, the private exchanges could make him susceptible to Saudi manipulation, said three former senior American officials. In an effort to tighten practices at the White House, a new chief of staff tried to reimpose longstanding procedures stipulating that National Security Council staff members should participate in all calls with foreign leaders.
But even with the restrictions in place, Mr. Kushner, 37, and Prince Mohammed, 33, kept chatting, according to three former White House officials and two others briefed by the Saudi royal court. In fact, they said, the two men were on a first-name basis, calling each other Jared and Mohammed in text messages and phone calls. |
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