Former US president Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner on Tuesday said he will not join the Trump administration if Donald Trump is re-elected. He previously served as the senior adviser in the White House when Trump was president.
“I’ve been very clear that my desire at this phase of my life is to focus on my firm. I’ve really enjoyed the opportunity as a family to be out of the spotlight. Both my wife and myself were working in the White House, which is a 24/7, high-stakes job, and so we both really enjoyed the opportunity to be down here in Florida with the kids,” Kushner was quoted as saying by news outlet Axios.
When Axios business editor Dan Primack asked him that he would decline the offer, Kushner replied in the affirmative. “Is that a no? If [Trump] calls you in November whatever and says, ‘I’d like you to come back to DC,’ you say, ‘Thanks, but I’m good’?”
“Yes. You know, from my perspective, again, if you look at the way President Trump has been handling his campaign this time, this is his third time doing it. And he’s had time to really reflect on everything. I think that the team around him is maybe the best he’s had,” Kushner said.
He said that there will be a “very, very long list of very qualified people to choose from” if Donald Trump is reelected come November. Kusher played a key role in several important issues related to West Asia. He helped negotiate the Abraham Accords which led to normalization of relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Trump is known for bringing family members into positions of power around him and previously roped in his daughter Ivanka Trump, who is married to Kushner as an White House adviser.
Trump on Monday also endorsed his daughter-in-law Lara Trump for co-chair of the Republican National Committee.
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