Christie: No one is more influencial than Kushner

Source: https://www.npr.org/2019/01/29/68938...-jared-kushner


Other parts are not that relevant, here's the interesting part:

Do you still talk to the president? What kind of advice you give him?

All the time. ... What I tell him, for instance, let's say, about the most recent incident regarding a shutdown of the federal government: I was governor with a Democratic legislature my entire time as governor of New Jersey. And the fact is, if you're going to do something that's very confrontational with your legislative body, you better have a plan for a way in and for a way out in case things don't go well politically. That was the advice I gave him about how to do it. And I think he was convinced by others that they were going to be able to handle this situation for him and that he would be able to get [Congress] to give in. And I think we learned that that's not the way it worked. And I think he learned a big lesson in the last 35 days — and we're going to see how the next 21 days get handled as a result.

There have been reports of late that Jared Kushner is basically kind of de facto operating as White House chief of staff. Do you have any insight into whether that's true?

I don't know if it's true. But let me say this: There is simply no one more influential in the White House on the president than Jared Kushner. He's not the only person who he listens to, but I don't think anyone has more influence than Jared has.

Are you saying Jared Kushner will save the day for us dreamers??

Kushner so far has been pro permanent DACA solution for the wall. We will see. The less influence Miller has, the better chance of a deal.

No he's not. If that were the case, we wouldn't have been butt fucked by Miller last time.

Kushner thought democrats would fall for the three year plug. I don’t know if it was because of Miller but he should try harder.

When it comes to immigration, it seems as though it's Kushner vs. Miller in the White House. I don't think Trump will EVER kick Miller out because he is the only umbilical cord between the White House and Trump's base. At the same time, Trump can't fire Kushner simply because they are closely related. Let's see.

Kushner should be worrying about his own criminal defense