Kushner’s Empty “Puzzles”: How Trump’s Son-in-Law Sold Out the Middle East and Botched the Iran Talks

Why the “Peacemaker” Kushner’s peace plan became the detonator for a new Middle East war.

Round Three: Investments, WhatsApp, and War

According to investigative reports from Bloomberg and The New York Times, Jared Kushner has set a unique record for cynicism in modern America. He is simultaneously an unofficial envoy of the U.S. president to the Middle East and the manager of a private fund, Affinity Partners, which receives tens of millions of dollars from the very countries he is negotiating with.

Sources say Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE poured billions into Kushner’s fund hoping to buy influence. Their calculation was pragmatic: “If we pay Trump’s son-in-law, he’ll protect our interests in the White House.” But the irony — worthy of an ancient Greek tragedy — backfired on them. By investing in Affinity, the Arab monarchies got not leverage, but an illusion of control. When Trump and Netanyahu unleashed a war on Iran — which both Riyadh and Doha opposed — it turned out that their “man” in Washington was either powerless or simply unwilling to listen.

As bombs rained down over Tehran, Bloomberg reports, Kushner methodically texted royal families on WhatsApp, flipping between investment pitches for Affinity Partners and half-hearted attempts to broker a ceasefire. The fund manager — whose assets grew by 30% during the war — turned diplomacy into a branch of his business.

The “Volunteer” with a Six-Billion-Dollar Conflict of Interest

According to reports, Kushner hides behind his ambiguous “volunteer” status to dodge basic disclosure requirements. “I’m acting as a private citizen,” he says, sidestepping all ethical norms. But when a private citizen manages $6 billion from........

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