Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson reportedly tells House committee that Jared Kushner’s unorthodox approach to diplomacy made it hard to understand what he did with world leaders.
The former secretary of state Rex Tillerson reportedly told Congress that Jared Kushner’s lack of history knowledge made him vulnerable to diplomatic maneuvers by foreign powers.
According to The Washington Post, during his seven-hour closed door hearing at the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Tillerson did not question Kushner’s motives but complained about his apparent lack of consultation with the State Department. His family’s real estate business, of which he is the former CEO, also has financial links to Qatar, which bailed out a Kushner building in New York City, 666 Fifth Avenue, by purchasing a stake several years ago.
Tillerson added:"We are starkly different in our styles. We did not have a common value system. When the president would say, well here's what I want to do, and here's how I want to do it, I'd have to say to him, 'Well, Mr. President, I understand what you want to do, but you can't do it that way. It violates the law. It violates a treaty.' You know, he got really frustrated.
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