Two princes: Kushner now faces a reckoning for Trump’s bet on the heir to the Saudi throne

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#TIA – The foreign prince and the presidential son-in-law who may find themselves in a historic partnership that can change the world.

“When President Trump chose Riyadh to make his debut on the world stage last year, he was placing a bet on Saudi Arabia, which serenaded him with military bands, dazzled him with a flyover of fighter jets and regaled him with a traditional sword dance.

The mastermind behind that wager — the White House adviser who convinced Trump to visit Saudi Arabia for his maiden foreign trip and who choreographed a veritable lovefest between the new president and the desert kingdom’s white-robed ruler, King Salman bin Abdul Aziz — was Jared Kushner.”

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