President-elect Donald Trump announced that he would be appointing Charles Kushner, Ivanka Trump's father-in-law, as the ambassador to France.
Trump confirmed the selection of Kushner in a post to Truth Social praising him as a “tremendous business leader,” who would “be a strong advocate representing” the U.S. and “its interests.”
Charles Kushner's son, Jared Kushner, is married to Ivanka Trump and previously worked for Donald Trump during his first term in the White House.
Jared Kushner stated before the election that he would not be returning to the White House prior to Trump winning the election and it appears that there are no plans to bring the younger Kushner back for Trump's 2nd term.
Kushner is supremely qualified as a business leader and Trump wants his ambassadors to build functional business relationships that will generate trade and value for the U.S.
Trump had high praise for Kushner writing in his Truth Social announcement that, "Charlie is the Founder & Chairman of Kushner Companies, one of the largest & most successful privately held Real Estate firms in the Nation."
Trump continued by stating, “He was recognized as New Jersey Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young, appointed to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Council, & served as a Commissioner, & Chairman, of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, as well as on the Boards of our top institutions, including NYU.”
Another component of Kushner's selection to work in Trump's administration is his loyalty to Trump.
Kushner was pardoned by Trump back in 2020 for his 2005 conviction on charges of tax evasion, witness tampering, and illegal campaign donations which landed Kushner a two-year sentence in prison.
Trump's decision to pardon Kushner of his 2005 conviction has earned Trump the assurance of loyalty and loyalty is the most important thing to Trump going into his 2nd term.
Trump is staffing his administration with people he can trust, qualifications and records are secondary concerns.
Many of the most qualified and experienced individuals who Trump would have used in 2016 have shown themselves to be untrustworthy and tools of the deep state that Trump has set out to dismantle.
Trump ran on a platform to clean up Washington D.C. and to tear down the corrupt system that has grown like a cancer in America's institutions.
Americans turned out in record numbers and made Trump the first Republican to win the popular vote in decades in order to hit back at the corrupt status quo. Trump has a mandate from the American people to purge the deep state and he needs people who will be loyal to his agenda.
Kushner will likely not play a huge role in Trump's anti-corruption agenda, rather he will be key to pushing American interests abroad as Trump returns to an "America First" economic strategy.
Americans can expect many of Trump's ambassador selections to look similar to Kushner's as Trump is working to return America to economic dominance.
