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Jared Kushner 'admitted Donald Trump lies to his base because he thinks they're stupid'
Trump's son-in-law said 'He just knows Republicans are stupid and they’ll buy it,' according to former New York Observer editor

Maya Oppenheim @mayaoppenheim


Mr Kushner, a property developer who is both President Trump’s senior advisor and son-in-law, reportedly made the remarks after he was challenged about Mr Trump’s prolonged interrogation over whether Barack Obama was born in the US.

During Mr Obama’s 2008 p**********l campaign and throughout his presidency, multiple theories emerged falsely claiming he was not a natural-born American US citizen and it was therefore unconstitutional for him to become US President. Mr Trump was among those who pushed the “birther” conspiracy theory and consistently questioned former President Obama’s birthplace of Hawaii.




The former New York Observer editor has now claimed that Mr Kushner, the former publisher of the paper, informed her that Mr Trump did not believe the “birther” lies he was peddling.





“When I was the editor of the New York Observer, Kushner and I were going back and forth about how the paper should cover him,” Elizabeth Spiers wrote in a post on Twitter.

“I told Jared that I was particularly appalled by his father-in-law’s birtherism stance, which I viewed as cynical and r****t.

“He rolled his eyes and said ‘He doesn’t really believe it, Elizabeth. He just knows Republicans are stupid and they’ll buy it’”.


Ms Spiers, who served as the editor of the publication from early 2011 to late 2012, made the alleged revelation in order to prove to a right-wing blogger that Mr Trump was a “notorious liar”.




“Let's be clear he was talking about you, Doug,” she says. “Trump did not con Democrats; he conned – and is still conning – his base. So you have every right to your gullibility and I won’t try to deprive you of it, but personally, I’d rather know what the hell is going on”.

Ms Spiers, who is also the founder of Gawker, also claimed that a friend of the mogul-turned-politico once told her Mr Trump would “lie to you about what time of day it is, just for the practice”.

But she is not the only person to argue that President Trump is a liar. It has been asserted by a number of politicians and commentators, with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders branding Mr Trump a “pathological liar”.

“What do you do when you have a President-elect, soon to be President, who – and I say this not happily but I think most people who observe him would agree – is a pathological liar who changes his mind every single day?” said Mr Sanders, who challenged Hillary Clinton for the Democratic p**********l nomination, at the end of last year.

Comedian John Oliver has also called the President a “pathological liar”. What’s more, at the beginning of the month, Quinnipiac University asked Americans for the first word which springs to mind when they think of President Trump. The answer given more times than any other was “i***t,” followed by “incompetent” and then “liar.”

Of course you're a Good Person.

DASHY

Nothing new to see here.

Liberty Tree

True, nothing new. Just more made up ELWNJ BS.

Liberty Tree

If you h**e Trump so much why are you in this picture hugging him?

Auntie Dee

NOW they're d**gging out all the old lies about Trump! Probably got upteen reporters digging thru old news records! The MARXIST/C*******T DEMOCRATS KNOW they have a BAD CANDIDATE, NO PLATFORM except H**e Trump, & not enough v**es to win....they are SO DESPERATE, they will TRY ANYTHING to defeat him!

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

OMG, how can you even say that. Trump and his supporters (you) are always bringing up Obama. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. You take the cake sweetie.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Umm, Auntie Dee said "MARXIST/C*******T DEMOCRATS" and "BAD CANDIDATE", she was alluding to Biden, she didn't bring up Obama, you did. You made the connection yourself - Obama = Marxist/C*******t democrat.

Don't you know you're supposed to leave Obama out of this?

working class stiff Loc: N. Carolina

Don't need Kushner to tell me what I observe on a regular basis.

Also, I'm not sure if Trump actually lies (which he does) as much as make things up as he goes (which he does more). All politicians lie. Even if Trump isn't just rewriting the prevarication record books but redrawing the rule book, I am used to the evasions of politicians. It's his creation of his own reality that scares the bejesus out of me.

He does act on his belief that most American people, because they do not worship him, are enemies of the state. And he is the state. Nevermind that there are 3 branches of government....he would get rid of the other two if he could.

We are entering a dangerous phase. Trump's federal police will not quell any violence but stir it up. Chicago and NYC will not be cowed and will fight back. It's going to be a hot summer.

There is something new to see here....and it's not pretty.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Bulls**t, Bulls**t, and Bulls**t.

You're right about one thing, if the Progressive Movement continues its campaign to o*******w our constitutional system and destroy our American way of life, the violence we are witnessing now will seem like a bad day at Disney Land.

roy

Wait till you really find out whose behind keeping the heathens going,where their really getting their orders and money,their being paid? America will be stunned,at least part of it will be.

working class stiff Loc: N. Carolina

Just love your argument.

There's no movement to o*******w our system. Except by the right. You now support the kidnapping and arrest by folks dressed in camo with no identifying marks of authority. That's called a secret police. That's on you. That secret police and it's violence will not solve what ails this country. It will only spark resentment and blowback. The folks who live in those cities will view that force as an occupation army.

Blade_Runner Loc: DARK SIDE OF THE MOON

Willful ignorance, dude, can't help ya if you are totally blind to what your handlers are really doing.

Smedley_buzkill

Your God King Obama (PRAISE HIM! HALLELUJAH!) is not much in the news lately. His opinions and statements can usually be found in my trash can, right underneath the used bird cage papers.

Tiptop789 Loc: State of Denial

Seems like every other day, trump supporters are calling for a "new investigation" into Obama or questioning his country of birth. It seems disingenuous at best to say "now they're (Biden supporters) bringing out old Trump lies. I brought up Obama to make my point. Sort of like don't throw stones if you live in a glass house, or something like that.

Smedley_buzkill

What the hell would you call an undercover cop? The people whose businesses and lives are being destroyed by these pissant protesters probably look on these Feds as saviors.