PoliticoCoronavirus: Jared Kushner in April touted Donald Trump ‘getting the country back from the doctors’
- In newly released audio, president’s son-in-law and senior adviser declared that ‘Trump’s now back in charge’
- Comments made soon after Trump administration announced guidelines on reopening parts of the country, dubbed ‘Opening Up America Again’
This story is published in a content partnership with POLITICO. It was originally reported by Nick Niedzwiadek on politico.com on October 28, 2020.
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner in April boasted about US President Donald Trump wresting back control of the coronavirus response from scientific experts, according to a newly released recording.
In the interview conducted on April 18 by journalist Bob Woodward, audio of which was released by CNN on Wednesday, Kushner said that the United States was moving into the “comeback phase” and that the administration came to a “negotiated settlement” to begin lifting restrictions on economic activity and public life.
“Trump’s now back in charge,” Kushner told Woodward. “It’s not the doctors.”
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The interview came soon after the Trump administration announced guidelines on reopening parts of the country, dubbed “Opening Up America Again”.
“That in my mind was almost like Trump getting the country back from the doctors,” Kushner said.