Jared Kushner’s Vast Duties, and Visibility in White House, Shrink
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Jared Kushner’s Vast Duties, and Visibility in White House, Shrink
And in an email forwarded by the White House, the president said on Friday that he still relied on Mr. Kushner.
Two White House councils of business leaders were disbanded in August after an exodus of members upset with the president’s
failure to more forcefully condemn violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.
Other initiatives backed by Mr. Kushner have proved more fruitful.
By helping to push out Mr. Priebus and Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist
and acerbic nationalist infighter, they said, Mr. Kushner helped stabilize the White House, allowing him to focus on his own projects rather than feeling compelled to weigh in on so many different issues.
“Jared’s role working for President Trump is just as important as it was Day 1, only now he doesn’t have to worry
about babysitting others,” said Jason Miller, a campaign adviser who remains close to the White House.
Some friends said Mr. Kushner and his wife were at times so discouraged by their brief White House careers — and their shrinking social circle —
that they would leap at a chance to gracefully return to New York.
And in an email forwarded by the White House, the president said on Friday that he still relied on Mr. Kushner.
Two White House councils of business leaders were disbanded in August after an exodus of members upset with the president’s
failure to more forcefully condemn violence at a rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va.
Other initiatives backed by Mr. Kushner have proved more fruitful.
By helping to push out Mr. Priebus and Stephen K. Bannon, the president’s chief strategist
and acerbic nationalist infighter, they said, Mr. Kushner helped stabilize the White House, allowing him to focus on his own projects rather than feeling compelled to weigh in on so many different issues.
“Jared’s role working for President Trump is just as important as it was Day 1, only now he doesn’t have to worry
about babysitting others,” said Jason Miller, a campaign adviser who remains close to the White House.
Some friends said Mr. Kushner and his wife were at times so discouraged by their brief White House careers — and their shrinking social circle —
that they would leap at a chance to gracefully return to New York.