Jared Kushner

When He Isn’t Passing the Buck Trump Is Selling Pardons and Selling Out America

Wednesday, December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Trump has turned the Resolute Desk into the Excuse Desk, dodging blame while auctioning off pardons, rewarding crooks, and selling out America to foreign strongmen. iPINIONS argues that, from Saudi blood money to Honduran narco-politics to get-out-of-jail cards for wealthy swindlers, Trump’s presidency is now a pay-to-betray operation. Read my full take on Substack:https://ipinionsdaily.substack.com/p/when-he-isnt-passing-the-buck-trump Read more.

Rubio Is More Trump’s Envoy to Latin America than US Secretary of State

Thursday, January 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Lil’ Marco not big enough for the job The Senate confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state on Monday by unanimous vote. This makes him the first Latino to serve as America’s top diplomat and the first cabinet secretary to be confirmed for Trump’s second term. Except that Rubio’s role appears more about optics than… Read more.

Hunter Biden Plea Deal Brings Presidential Relief but Incites Trumpian Projection

Tuesday, June 20, 2023 at 7:46 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Hunter Biden plea deal Donald Trump pressured the Georgia secretary of state to find 11,780 votes. He needed those votes to help him steal the 2020 presidential election. He failed. But there’s an audio recording of him applying that pressure attempt. So the whole world knows about it. Trump also pressured his attorney general to investigate Hunter Biden. He wanted… Read more.

New York AG Letitia James Sues Donald Trump, Hitting Him Where It Really Hurts

Thursday, September 22, 2022 at 8:51 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

That Donald Trump is a bloviating fraud and a serial tax cheat comes as no surprise to anyone who knows anything about his business practices. Why Trump can’t admit he lost In fact, I presaged two years ago all of the allegations AG Letitia James teased in her sensational press conference yesterday in “The Tax… Read more.

Trump Finally Unveils His Mideast Peace ‘Deal’…

Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 12:59 PM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

And, like so much of his presidency, there’s no there there. Ever since day one, President Trump has been promising to deliver the “deal of the century” to solve all that has troubled the Middle East for a thousand years. His penchant for idle and reckless boasting was telling enough. But he betrayed all hope… Read more.

Chris Christie’s Book Shows He’s Just a Blowhard Coward

Thursday, January 24, 2019 at 7:56 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

The then President-elect Donald J. Trump tapped former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to head his transition team. Echoing Trump’s campaign promise, Christie pledged to hire the “best of the best” to staff Trump’s cabinet and senior members of his administration. Then all of a sudden Jared Kushner prevailed upon Trump to fire him. And… Read more.

Trump Tweets While Middle East Burns

Monday, July 24, 2017 at 7:22 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Donald Trump assured the world that the only thing needed for peace in the Middle East was his ability to broker a deal and his son-in-law Jared Kushner’s ability to manage it. He did it not only as political schtick throughout the campaign but even as government policy during the early days of his presidency.… Read more.

Trump, Jared, and Ivanka Forgoing Salaries Is Just Another Bait and Switch

Monday, April 3, 2017 at 8:52 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump said Wednesday she will take a formal White House position without pay but will be subjected to federal ethics rules. Her official title will be assistant to the president; her husband, Jared Kushner, has the title of senior adviser, and also does not get paid. (USA Today, March 29, 2017) First, President Trump… Read more.