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BigmanPigman

(52,358 posts)
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 09:21 AM Jul 2022

In new book Kushner says he hooked Murdock/Fux up with tRump....

https://www.businessinsider.com/kushner-stopped-trump-attacking-murdoch-2022-7

"Jared Kushner said he stopped Donald Trump from attacking Rupert Murdoch, according to new memoir".

"When Trump first entered politics in 2015, Murdoch was openly critical of him, once tweeting: "When is Donald Trump going to stop embarrassing his friends, let alone the whole country?"

"Kushner writes that he visited the media mogul in July 2015 after Trump became enraged by a New York Times story about Murdoch's dim view of him."

"'Rupert, I think he could win,' I said as we sat in his office. 'You guys agree on a lot of the issues. You want smaller government. You want lower taxes. You want stronger borders,'" Kushner writes."

"Kushner said Murdoch appeared to be surprised that Trump was serious about running and the next day called to tell Kushner he might have been "misjudging" the situation. He actually does have a real following. It does seem like he's very popular like he can really be a kingmaker in the Republican primary with the way he is playing it," Murdoch told Kushner, according to the book."


* I hope he has better stories than this one or his book will be next to Kellyanne's in the garbage can within a week.
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In new book Kushner says he hooked Murdock/Fux up with tRump.... (Original Post) BigmanPigman Jul 2022 OP
Kushner has a very exaggerated idea of his own importance. Ocelot II Jul 2022 #1
I remember when he cured lumbago. dchill Jul 2022 #2
He BRAGGED about that? The boy has no shame. marble falls Jul 2022 #3
Given kushner's recent receiving "$2 billion saudi 'investment", this 2019 book has heft empedocles Jul 2022 #4
Kushner is certainly a legend in his own mind (nt) IowaGuy Jul 2022 #5

Ocelot II

(121,524 posts)
1. Kushner has a very exaggerated idea of his own importance.
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 09:25 AM
Jul 2022

But to whatever extent he encouraged Murdoch to support TFG, fuck him sideways.

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
4. Given kushner's recent receiving "$2 billion saudi 'investment", this 2019 book has heft
Sun Jul 31, 2022, 10:28 AM
Jul 2022

Steven H Propp
TOP 500 REVIEWER
5.0 out of 5 stars AN INFORMATIVE BOOK ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW
Reviewed in the United States

: . . . She notes, “[Ivanka] also found a way to be near Trump when he received phone calls from foreign dignitaries---while she still owned her business… While Ivanka’s behavior was irritating, Kushner was playing a game on a whole different level: he was playing for serious money… at the time of the Qatari blockade… Kushner’s family had been courting the Qataris for financial help and had been turned town. When that story broke … the blockade and the Trump administration’s response to it suddenly all made sense.” (Pg. 156) . . . . "

https://www.amazon.com/Kushner-Inc-Ambition-Corruption-Extraordinary/product-reviews

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