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Uncle Joe

(59,741 posts)
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 11:58 AM Yesterday

Guess Who's Speaking Directly to MBS After Pocketing Saudi Money?



Jared Kushner is pocketing billions from Saudi Arabia—and now reportedly speaking to the country’s crown prince about foreign policy.

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A source familiar with the discussions told Reuters that Kushner had discussed normalizing relations between Saudi Arabia and Israel, but would not specify whether the conversations were before or after the start of Israel’s deadly military campaign in Gaza.

Last month, Saudi Arabia said that it would not recognize Israel until the creation of a Palestinian state, which if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be believed, is a long way off. This is in sharp contrast to Kushner’s pitch to move Palestinians to the Negev desert, and transform Gaza’s “very valuable” “waterfront property.”

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In his report, Senator Ron Wyden wrote that “sovereign wealth fund investments and prospective real estate deals give foreign governments leverage over the Trump family.”

Wyden explained that “a potential future Trump administration will have financial motives to make foreign policy decisions that may be counter to the national interest in order to ensure Kushner and Ivanka Trump continue to collect millions of dollars in fees from foreign governments through Affinity.”

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Guess Who's Speaking Directly to MBS After Pocketing Saudi Money? (Original Post) Uncle Joe Yesterday OP
Jared is earning FEES - and he works very hard for every one of them FakeNoose Yesterday #1
I believe he's saving up for when Gaza is vacant Uncle Joe Yesterday #2

FakeNoose

(35,048 posts)
1. Jared is earning FEES - and he works very hard for every one of them
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:29 PM
Yesterday

Some of those fees are earned when he gets on a plane and flies to the Middle East! Except he forgot that he no longer works for the government, and he doesn't actually have anything to do with US foreign policy any more.

But those fees are well deserved for all his hard work. He hasn't actually made any investments yet, but when he does, they'll pay off. I'm sure of it. Meanwhile he's working very hard for those FEES.

Uncle Joe

(59,741 posts)
2. I believe he's saving up for when Gaza is vacant
Fri Oct 4, 2024, 03:54 PM
Yesterday

I'm just wondering whether journalist hating MBS knew this when he overruled the Saudi fund's financial advisors in choosing Kushner to manage their monies?

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