Jake Tapper: ‘Jared Kushner’s in Charge of the World, Apparently’

CNN’s Jake Tapper this afternoon couldn’t help but remark upon exactly how much responsibility is being given to Jared Kushner — a White House senior advisor and President Trump‘s son-in-law — in the government.

Aside from joining the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in his trip to Iraq, Kushner is now running the Office of American Innovation and, as Tapper pointed out, being entrusted to work on Middle East peace, among other things.

He said, “Jared Kushner’s in charge of the world, apparently.”

Bloomberg White House Correspondent Margaret Talev said Kushner has basically been “handed ever major portfolio in the world.” Tapper asked, “‘Handed’ or is he grabbing them?”

He also pointed out that Republicans would’ve had serious problems if Hillary Clinton was president and this much responsibility was being given to Chelsea Clinton and her husband.

Watch above, via CNN.

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