- Continuing with any expression of humility, White House senior adviser and son-in-law of President Donald Trump Jared Kushner said he still considers the nation’s response to be a “success story”, even as the death toll from ‘ the nation is 170,000.
- Kushner was asked by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer “There are 170,000 dead Americans – would you still suggest this has been a success story?”
- “Yes,” Kushner replied, without taking a beating. “Look, there are a lot of challenges. This has been a global pandemic, a lot of unusual challenges.”
- Blitzer followed up by asking Kushner, “1,000 Americans die every day, which is not a success, is it?”
- Kushner replied, “One American, you know, dying every day is too much, but if you look at where we were back in April, we had 2,500 Americans dying a day.”
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Jared Kushner reiterated a bullish assessment of the United States’ coronavirus response to television, despite the nation leading the world in cases and deaths.
The president’s son-in-law and senior adviser doubled down on April’s remarks, calling the administration’s efforts a “huge success story” and saying the country would “really rock again” by July.
CNN’s Wolf Blitzer asked Kushner “Are 170,000 dead Americans – would you still suggest this has been a success story?”
“Yes,” Kushner replied, without taking a beating. “Look, there are a lot of challenges. This has been a global pandemic, a lot of unusual challenges.”
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Blitzer followed, giving Kushner another chance to prove some humility.
“Thousands of Americans die every day, that’s not a success, is it?”
Kushner did not completely agree.
“One American, you know, dying every day is too much, but if you look at where we were back in April, we had 2,500 Americans dying a day.”
April was when Kushner made the biggest splash of one of his public appearances by making the comment “great success story” that Blitzer asked him about in the first place.
