"Kushner holds no official diplomatic title that would normally authorize such talks but titles are beside the point in the Trump era. What matters is proximity to power, and Kushner has that in abundance.

What he also has is a private equity firm called Affinity Partners, which is funded by billions of dollars in foreign governments."

#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/12

"The meeting also included Trump envoy Steve Witkoff, another billionaire with vested personal financial interests, whose son runs the Trump family’s shady and opaque crypto fund, World Liberty Financial. The third notable figure at the meeting was Trump administration official Josh Gruenbaum.

The Florida meeting was ostensibly a discussion about ending the war in Ukraine."

#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/11

"Kushner recently met in Florida with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a longtime financial emissary for Vladimir Putin. Dmitriev is not simply a diplomat; he is effectively Putin’s bag man."

~ Julie Roginsky

#Trump #Putin #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #JoshGruenbaum #AffinityPartners #Iran #Russia #war
/10

saltypolitics.substack.com/p/h…

How Jared Is Selling Us Out to the Richest Autocrat

Why is Congress not investigating Kushner's massive conflicts of interest?

^{Julie Roginsky (Salty Politics with Julie Roginsky)}

"Meanwhile, the American military is now telling the New York Times that, far from collapsing, the Iranian regime is adapting to the Israeli–American onslaught and finding our weaknesses."

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/23

"Iran has so far achieved its two most important strategic objectives. The regime has passed its first continuity test, transferring power from one supreme leader to the next. And it has closed the strait, setting in motion a cascade of economic consequences which will sap America’s political will to continue fighting."

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/22

"It should not surprise you that the same team which invited a reporter into a Signal chat about war plans a few months ago have been blindsided by the Iranian regime’s resilience.

After less than two weeks, regime change is off the table and even the Israeli military understands that the Islamic Republic isn’t going away anytime soon."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#Trump #Hegseth #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Netanyahu #Iran #war
/21

thebulwark.com/p/dire-straits-…

Dire Straits: The Iran War Is Run by Idiots

Also: Americans don't care about process. So they will get corruption.

^{Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)}

"Trump went to war with Iran because Jared Kushner is a fool. Donald Trump’s top two negotiators have no clue what they’re doing."

~ Edith Olmsted

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war
/20

newrepublic.com/post/207554/do…

Trump Went to War With Iran Because Jared Kushner Is a Fool

^{The New Republic}

"We are now getting reporting that Witkoff and Kushner told the President on the day before Trump launched his war that Iran was not serious about negotiating over their nuclear program, and it was time to launch the war."

~ Simon Rosenberg

#Trump #JaredKushner #SteveWitkoff #Iran #war
/19

hopiumchronicles.com/p/inflati…

Inflation Is Still Running Way Too Hot, Idiots And Fools Are Running Our Country, Thune Stuffs Trump On Save

A campaign to force Witkoff and Kushner from government must be waged now......

^{Simon Rosenberg (Hopium Chronicles By Simon Rosenberg)}