Trump may not be a racist after all.
"The Jewish community has had a bit more of a nuanced take on Kushner, who grew up going to day school and observing Shabbat (which he still does, with Ivanka, who converted before they got married, and their children). Some have expressed relief that a Jewish adviser to the president, whose campaign was often accused of racist dog whistles and whose whose campaign executive was accused of stoking anti-Semitism, will also have Trump’s ear. (In his Forbes interview, Kushner defended his father-in-law and his campaign. “Trump has disavowed their support 25 times. He’s renounced hatred, he’s renounced bigotry, and he’s renounced racism,” he said. “You can't not be an anti-Semite for 69 years and all of a sudden become an anti-Semite because you’re running.”) Others have their doubts about whether Kushner will put his faith before his father-in-law. “He would not be the guy where you’d be like, ‘Oh, thank God he’s there,’ the source who has known Kushner since adolescence recently told me, in talking about his faith and the Jewish community’s reaction to his new role. “He wouldn’t be a first- or second- or third-round draft pick.”
Trump has a different idea. When asked about Kushner and his place in his administration in an on-the-record interview with The Times last month, the president-elect responded, “I think he can be very helpful. I would love to be able to be the one that made peace with Israel and the Palestinians. I would love that, that would be such a great achievement. Because nobody’s been able to do it.“ When asked if Kushner would be part of that, he said, “I think he’d be very good at it. I mean he knows it so well. He knows the region, knows the people, knows the players.“
Some of those players have recently agreed. Israel’s foreign minister, Tzipi Hotovely, told This Week in Asia that Kushner gives her hope for a stronger relationship between Israel and the United States. “We would be so happy if someone could bring peace to the Middle East. We welcome him.” Ron Dermer, Israel’s ambassador to the U.S., told The Times, “There’s no question that he feels a strong commitment to Israel’s security and Israel’s future.”"
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