Why Trump made Jared Kushner his second secretary of state

Published June 20, 2017 7:54pm ET



Thirty-six years old and born into the Manhattan real estate game, Jared Kushner shares President Trump’s background. But like the president, he isn’t exactly a foreign policy expert.

Still, Kushner’s been doing a lot of traveling since January. In April, he joined the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on a trip to Iraq. That was just the start. These days, Kushner is at the top of the foreign invitations list.

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