Kushner Disappoints Mideast Clients Who Spent Millions Seeking Sway
Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE backed Affinity Partners in hopes of gaining White House influence and investment returns. The US war with Iran that they opposed has shown the constraints of that approach.
Jared Kushner at the Élysée Palace during the “coalition of the willing” summit in Paris on Jan. 6.
Photographer: Xose Bouzas/Hans Lucas/Redux
The WhatsApp messages go out, often several times a week, to royals across the Persian Gulf.
The sender: Jared Kushner, envoy for President Donald Trump — and a private investor handling billions of dollars for those same princes and emirs.