Donald Trump nearly fired Ivanka and Jared Kushner via tweet, book says
- He was later talked out of dumping his daughter and son-in-law from their White House roles
- The former US president had announced several high-profile sackings on Twitter during his term
Former US president Donald Trump nearly fired his daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner – via a tweet – according to a new book about the 45th president’s administration.
Quoting from an advance copy of Maggie Haberman’s Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America, CNN said Trump complained that Kushner “sounds like a child”, when the 41-year-old adviser to the former president spoke publicly about testifying before Congress in 2017.
The book reportedly notes that this was just one instance in which Trump spoke about Kushner in an unflattering fashion.
He reportedly considered announcing on Twitter that Kushner and Ivanka, who both served in the Trump administration, would be leaving the White House. Trump was talked out of unceremoniously dumping the pair by White House counsel Don McGahn and John Kelly, who was the second of four chiefs of staff to serve the administration.
Author Ronald Kessler wrote in his 2018 book about the Trump administration that the former commander-in-chief made comments that Kushner came across as a child in interviews