Senior Advisor Jared Kushner waits for a meeting with Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak, US President Donald Trump and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House September 12, 2017 in Washington, DC.
Senior adviser Jared Kushner waits for a meeting with Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak, US President Donald Trump and others in the Cabinet Room of the White House on September 12, 2017.
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The man is tougher than he appears.

The 41-year-old was part of Trump's closest circle of White House aides and an important part of the Trump family through his marriage to the former president's daughter.

It's possible that his family's political background made him an unlikely candidate for a position in the previous administration. He is a descendant of a New York family that made its money in real estate.

After graduating from Harvard and New York University, he became a real estate magnate and publisher of the New York Observer. Even though he doesn't speak much, he became a national figure in the process of his father-in-law's ascendance.

The unflappable golden exterior is what makes someone unafraid to bungee jump or counter punch when they feel slighted.

The former first-son-in-law broke his silence on the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago.

"They always over pursue him and make mistakes in trying to get him, and that's what happened here, because Trump drove his enemies so crazy," he said.

There was a lot of speculation that he could have been a mole in the FBI.

This is how the man rose to the top of American politics.

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Wealthy people use donations to get their children into elite universities, according to a book by Daniel Golden.

He spoke to a former official at the high school who said there was no way he would get into Harvard if he wanted to. The SAT scores didn't warrant it. There was no way this would happen. Jared was accepted.

The Guardian, Vanity Fair, and ProPublica are some of the sources.

Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Jennifer Maguire Isham attend Vanity Fair & Tribeca Film Festival Party in 2007.
Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and Jennifer Maguire Isham attend Vanity Fair & Tribeca Film Festival Party in 2007.
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They were perfect due to their deep knowledge of real estate and being children of controversial fathers.

Time says they could be mistaken for a political marriage.

A real-estate broker introduced them to each other a few years ago.

It was said that they broke up because Trump wasn't Jewish. Wendy Deng, the third wife of Murdoch, invited the two children onto Murdoch's family boat without letting on that the other party was also invited.

After getting back together, they converted to Judaism.

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