On Thursday—and I didn’t think this was possible—President Trump handed the mic to someone who is actually dumber and less qualified than the president, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
To date, Jared Kushner is basically following in Trump’s footsteps; his father made money in real estate and the young Kushner is eating off the fat of the land. It’s not as if he worked for it; he was born on third base and can’t stop talking about the swing that gave him a triple. Kushner took the podium during Trump’s press conference and proceeded to berate governors for needing supplies during a pandemic, claiming that New York doesn’t need 30,000 ventilators. He then did this minute-long diatribe in which he mastered the art of talking and saying nothing:
Trump announces that he took another coronavirus test and the results were once again negative pic.twitter.com/j62vUV5mzZ
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 2, 2020
In the aptly titled New York Times piece, “Jared Kushner Is Going to Get Us All Killed,” columnist Michelle Goldberg explains Kushner’s bravado and qualifications beautifully.