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Kushner Asked to His Face Why Anyone Should \u2018Have Any Confidence\u2019 In His Negotiations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from MEDIAite article Alex Griffing<\/a><\/strong> Sep 7th, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two roving US foreign envoys as seen by the Observer Status studio<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel<\/strong> grilled President Donald Trump\u2019s<\/strong> son-in-law and foreign policy envoy, Jared Kushner,<\/strong> during a press conference in Ukraine over the weekend, asking why anyone should have confidence in him, given his track record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is for Mr. Witkoff and Jared Kushner. You have been involved in numerous negotiations around the world. Why should people have any confidence in your capacity to succeed here?\u201d Engel began, adding:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You were involved in the Gaza negotiations, but Gaza remains a wasteland. There\u2019s been really no progress there. Iran, you were involved in those negotiations. The war is still going on. You\u2019ve been involved in several rounds of negotiations in this conflict. It\u2019s only getting more intense. So you\u2019re relaunching negotiations now. What\u2019s the likelihood they will succeed, when other negotiations you\u2019ve been involved in have not?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese are some of the hardest problem sets in the world, and I think that you have to try and you have to bring to it. Obviously, Steve and I bring different approaches to these things, but we work very well together as partners. But we\u2019re not bringing our approaches. We\u2019re really representing President Trump,<\/strong> and we\u2019re doing it the way that he wants to see these things done,\u201d Kushner<\/a> replied after meeting<\/a> with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/strong> on Sunday and Vladimir Putin<\/strong> on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Russian State Museum of Honorary Art home to the finest collection of friends of Russia; immediately commissioned a grand painting of two roving US foreign envoys. The work was officially unveiled by President Putin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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