Friday, September 18, 2020

“That’s Their Problem”: How Jared Kushner Let the Markets Decide America’s COVID-19 Fate | Vanity Fair

... According to another attendee, it seemed "very clear" Kushner was less interested in finding a solution because, at the time, the virus was primarily ravaging cities in blue states: "We were flabbergasted. I basically had an out-of-body experience: Where am I, and what happened to America?"...
... "What you have going on here is smoke and mirrors," said Larry Hall, who retired last year as director of the Defense Production Act program division at FEMA. "You do not have a national strategy."...
... One attorney who worked at a private company that conferred with the government on procuring PPE described the Kushner team's interactions with colleagues as "off the books, completely irregular."...
... Despite Kushner's boasts, his more competent former roommate Boehler has been "super frustrated [with the] absolute ineptitude of the federal response," said a source in the private sector with whom he interacts frequently. "He's deeply troubled that it's such a mess."...

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