In a speech to the Israeli Knesset on October 13, 2025, President Trump spoke at length on how he would deploy his son-in-law Jared Kushner to secure peace deals in Gaza, Iran, and Ukraine. “We always bring Jared when we wanna get that deal closed,” Trump said.
Prior to his work with the Trump White House, Kushner’s main professional experience was as a real estate developer. He almost bankrupted his family’s development company by purchasing an aging New York City skyscraper for $1.8 billion.
After assuming a broad foreign policy portfolio during Trump’s first term, Kushner leveraged his connections with autocrats in the Middle East to raise billions for a new private equity company, Affinity Partners, in 2021. Kushner then pledged not to be involved in a second Trump White House. “I’m an investor now,” Kushner said in February 2024. “I served in government, and I think my track record is pretty impeccable. Now I’m a private investor.”
