Jared Kushner is back and breaking a vow to avoid politics
For a man who vowed to stay out of the political spotlight, Jared Kushner is finding himself very much in its glare.He helped clinch a ceasefire agreement and secure the release of hostages in Gaza. He has sat across from Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy — separately — in a bid to negotiate a peace deal over Ukraine. And his private equity firm backed a bid in the politically charged battle for an entertainment empire, before later withdrawing support.Such engagement might have been expected in Donald Trump’s first administration, where Kushner served as a senior adviser. But it’s a far cry from the future that the president’s son-in-law envisioned just last year, when he told a Miami crowd that he’d stay out of government affairs even if offered a job.
