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> The (glaring) conflicts of interest exemplified by Kushner's role in the company -- just a small subset of the conflicts exhibited by the Trump-Kushner admini
by chimeracoder 9y ago
> The (glaring) conflicts of interest exemplified by Kushner's role in the company -- just a small subset of the conflicts exhibited by the Trump-Kushner administration as a whole -- can hardly be dismissed as merely an "amusing media story". Attempting to do so is a sign of, at the very least, rampant cognitive dissonance - if not pure and simple intellectual honesty.
His brother is actively involved in the administration's efforts to repeal the law that provides the foundation for the company that he founded. It's not cognitive dissonance; dismissing the question is the only thing he can do, from a PR perspective. It's not like he's going to say, "Yeah, the future is really uncertain for us, as a result of my brother's work."
I get that the situation could be a conflict-of-interest, but at the moment, if anything, the evidence suggests that the two brothers are working directly against each other here.
- kafkaesq 9y agoIt's not cognitive dissonance; dismissing the question is the only thing he can do, from a PR perspective. That's exactly what I mean: "from a PR perspective", the only thing he (thinks he) can do is shrug and say "it's all just a big non-story" -- which is an outright lie, of course.