He was an intern with the renowned Manhattan district attorney, Robert Morgenthau. But despite his Alpha Male training, almost everyone in US politics and media is astonished at the sheer range of tasks given to Jared Kushner by his father-in-law, President Donald Trump.
Mr Kushner, 36, who is an Orthodox Jew and married to Ivanka Trump, is being called the “Secretary of State for Everything” by American TV channels.
To date, he has been charged with sorting out Middle East peace; preparing for a state visit by the Chinese president, Xi Jinping; heading a new Department of Innovation; and overseeing the reorganisation of the federal government, using the various business techniques he employed before entering the White House’s West Wing.
“If you can’t produce peace in the Middle East, nobody can,” Mr Trump reportedly said to Mr Kushner, who has absolutely no background in diplomacy, from the stage of an inaugural party.
