"The most stunning revelation ties to Kushner's already known role recklessly allying himself with the Gulf states trying to isolate and effectively blockade Qatar. The conflict between UAE and Saudi Arabia and Qatar is complicated and its particulars don't concern us here. But it was a high-stakes, reckless gambit which could have and still might lead to a major war between various US-allied states in the Gulf. We don't know enough to make any firm statements yet. But we've seen enough in the last week to make it seem plausible that Kushner's aggressive, enabling behavior in that crisis was tied to his efforts to get money to bail out his family company. If that is true - and I suspect it is - it would amount to a level of corruption entirely unparalleled in American history."

Apparently, Kushner's father approached the Qatari government in April 2016 to bail out the family's white elephant investment at New York's 666 5th Ave. When the Qataris declined to do so, Jared used his leverage with his father-in-law to get the U.S. to support a blockade of the small Persian Gulf state by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.