Kushner says he’d turn down Trump request to return to White House

Jared Kushner, son-in-law and former senior adviser to Donald Trump, said he would turn down Trump’s request to return to the White House if he is elected again in November. 

The former adviser in the Trump administration said he is committed to working on his investment firm, Affinity Partners, and not serving in a government role again, even if Trump wins the 2024 nomination, elaborating during the interview at the Axios BFD conference in Miami Tuesday his commitment currently is to “investors, to my firm, to my employees, to my partners and that’s what I’m planning to do.”

“I was very fortunate to play a role in the campaign and then join him in the administration,” Kushner told Axios’ Business Editor Dan Primack. “There was some incredible things we were able to get done together. Very, very proud of them. But this time, I think he’ll be able to build a really incredible team based on the people who are available.”

Kushner said he “enjoyed” working for the four years in the Trump administration, but has taken pleasure in being out of the spotlight and living with his family in Florida.   

He added that Trump’s 2024 campaign is well-organized and the former president has the “best” team around him. 

“I think that the team around him is maybe the best he’s had,” Kushner said, drawing a distinction between the current campaign run and the 2016 run which he called more of a “family campaign.” 

“They’re doing an incredible job,” Kushner said. “And I suspect that if he gets into office again, he would have just the level of competence and pretend professionalism, even more so than it was in the last administration.” 

Kushner, who headed Middle East policy in the Trump administration, said last year in October he would be backing his father-in-law for another four-year term due to the way Trump helped the Middle East while he was in the Oval Office.