Trump’s Jewish Son-in-Law to Head Major New White House Office

March 28, 2017

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Jared Kushner, the Jewish son-in-law of President Donald Trump, will run the newly-established White House Office of American Innovation, whose aim is to reduce government inefficiency using concepts culled from the business world.

The office, which The Washington Post referred to as the Trump administration’s “SWAT team,” will be staffed by strategic consultants and former business executives. Trump hopes to “infuse fresh thinking into Washington”, the paper wrote, by applying his private-sector solutions to public-sector problems.

Decrying government stagnation, Trump told the Post, “I promised the American people I would produce results, and apply my ‘ahead of schedule, under budget’ mentality to the government.”

Kushner continued the analogy, laying the project’s goals out in simple business terms.

“The government should be run like a great American company,” he expressed to the Post. “Our hope is that we can achieve successes and efficiencies for our customers, who are the citizens.”

The office will be advised by major players such as Apple chief executive Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, and Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk. It will focus on technology and data, looking to use newly available tools to confront long-standing inefficiencies plaguing government.

To begin with, Kushner’s team will focus on reworking Veterans Affairs, modernizing technology and data systems for every federal agency, and remodeling workforce-training programs. Its scope will also include developing “transformative projects” under Trump’s infrastructure plan.

Some government functions may even be privatized.

Kushner, who is married to Trump’s daughter Ivanka, already holds considerable influence in the Trump administration. As a senior advisor, the real-estate executive guided Trump’s presidential campaign to victory.

The new role will join Kushner’s other hefty White House responsibilities. Trump has said that Kushner, an Orthodox Jew with extensive ties to Israel, would head the administration’s peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

Ivanka Trump, herself a business and media mogul, will also take on an unofficial role in her husband’s office. Last week, Ivanka received her own White House office and security clearance.

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