Albert R. Hunt, Columnist

The Bloom Is Off the Javanka Rose

Trump's daughter and son-in-law proposed to bring a contemporary sensibility to the White House. It hasn't happened.

August 10, 2017 at 1:14 PM UTC

Albert R. Hunt is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was the executive editor of Bloomberg News, before which he was a reporter, bureau chief and executive Washington editor at the Wall Street Journal.

Where'd the glitter go?
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Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump were the golden couple destined to dazzle Washington and shape the administration of President Donald Trump. That glitter is gone, replaced by policy failures, poor judgments and ethical embarrassments.

The president's daughter and son-in-law have not brought a contemporary generational sensibility to the White House, as they once proposed to do, and instead have created significant problems.