Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner enjoy the confidence of US President Donald Trump in the corona crisis. But Kushner's comments, on the other hand, trigger a lot of criticism.
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Update from May 02, 2020, 10:25 am: Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has caused criticism with a public statement in the corona crisis . The adviser to the US president said during one of his rare public appearances that he was very confident that the US had sufficient testing capacity to reopen the country.
In an interview with “Fox and Friends”, the favorite show of US President Donald Trump , and the Coronavirus Task Force , to which he belongs, Kushner showered with praise: “We have achieved historic successes. Some people ask me why it took so long. You should ask how it could go so quickly. "
The United States is the hardest hit by the corona pandemic in the world. Over 63,000 people died of Covid-19 disease . The number of infections continues to grow almost exponentially. Experts outside as well as within the Trump administration disagree with Kushner. So chief virologist Dr. Anthony Fauci demanded that test capacities be doubled a week ago.
Ivanka Trump is back in Washington - President ennobles her as a heroine
Update, April 29, 2020, 2:55 pm: Ivanka Trump is back in Washington . After her illegal excursion to a Trump family golf resort in the middle of the corona crisis , the daughter and adviser to the US president appeared at his side at an event in the White House on Tuesday.
The event was aimed at medium-sized companies that suffer particularly from the restrictions in the Corona crisis . In the past few weeks, the Trump administration has repeatedly promised huge rescue packages worth several billion dollars for precisely these companies.
Donald Trump: Ivanka has created 15 million jobs
According to Donald Trump , all businesses and companies affected by the corona pandemic should thank one person above all: Ivanka Trump . She "went to the largest companies in the world" to promote more training and recruitment there. With phenomenal success, according to Trump. Ivanka's work had created 15 million jobs. In words: fifteen million!
If what Trump said were true, Ivanka would be responsible for around ten percent of all jobs in the United States alone. The praised woman entered the podium after her father, but avoided contradicting the figures that the president had promised.
Ivanka Trump violates corona measures: White House defends consultant
+++ 16:55 clock: The White House defended the family trip of Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner in the middle of the Corona crisis . The two US government advisors to Ivanka's father Donald Trump and their children went to a Trump Organization golf resort over a weekend, violating travel restrictions in the Washington District.
"The trip wasn't business," the British BBC quotes the White House press office. Ivanka had "decided to spend a private vacation with the family". The trip to New Jersey, which is almost 270 kilometers away, would not differ significantly from her way to work.
Ivanka Trump - violation of Corona measures triggers criticism
Update 04/17/2020, 2:35 p.m .: Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner's journey extends to the government crisis . The couple drove to a Trump Organization golf club in New Jersey during the Corona crisis , violating travel restrictions to contain the pandemic.
Now there are demands that US President Donald Trump release his daughter and her husband. Both work as consultants in the White House.
In a commentary for the US news channel CNN, Peter Bergen, highly decorated journalist, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushne r wrote that their behavior not only violated the federal government's guidelines, but also ignored the instructions from Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser. According to these instructions, residents of the district are prohibited from making any unnecessary trips. A violation can result in a fine of $ 5,000 or up to three months in prison.
"The hypocrisy of Kushner and Trump's behavior is breathtaking," says Bergen. It was time to fire "Prince Jared and Princess Ivanka". But it is unlikely that this will really happen. "Trump will fire pretty much everyone within his orbit, but not members of his family."
Despite the corona crisis: Ivanka Trump ignores travel restrictions
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USA - What applies to everyone does not apply to Ivanka Trump . Donald Trump's eldest and most beloved daughter violated pandemic control measures in the midst of the coronavirus crisis . Ivanka Trump and her husband and three children traveled from Washington to New Jersey last week.
Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner - family outing in the middle of the corona crisis
The family's goal, according to a report by The New York Times, was the Trump Organization's currently closed golf resort, the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey. As the “New York Times” learned from two different sources, Ivanka and her family had gone there to celebrate the Jewish Passover despite the spread of the corona virus in the United States. Kushner is an Orthodox Jew, and Ivanka has also converted to the Jewish faith since their marriage.
Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump, does not abide by the U.S. travel restrictions.
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The family of the daughter of the US president has violated the guidelines that have applied to Washington DC since April 1. Accordingly, a “ stay at home order ” applies to all residents of the district , ie an instruction not to leave their own four walls.
Corona virus in the United States: restrictions are designed to prevent spread
The only exceptions are for trips that are absolutely necessary and for people who work in systemically relevant professions. The measures are designed to help curb the spread of the Sars CoV-2 virus , which is raging in the United States like no other country in the world.
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- Ivanka Trump (@IvankaTrump) March 23, 2020Many people of Jewish faith therefore had to either cancel the Seder evening, a ceremonial meal with the family at the beginning of the Jewish Passover festival, or organize it via video conferences. Many, but not all. Two people reported to the New York Times about the travel plans of the president's daughter. The White House press office, in which Ivanka - like her husband Jared - works as an advisor to the US President , did not want to comment on the Trumps' travel activities.
Ivanka Trump: Appeals to US citizens in the fight against the corona virus
Ivanka's trip is particularly spicy against the background that Donald Trump's daughter , who has now spurred his supporters on in the fight against the protective measures, repeatedly appeals to her compatriots on social media to adhere to the rules on social isolation in order to further the Stop the spread of the corona virus. Most recently Ivanka wrote a video on Twitter to the Americans: "Everyone who is happy enough and can stay at home, please do so," said Ivanka, who with Jared and the three children a villa in Kalorama , a luxurious neighborhood in Washington DC.
From there Ivanka repeatedly posted calls to the US population and provided them with tips on how to spend the time of social isolation and travel restrictions. If you stick to them.
By Daniel Dillmann
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Rubric list picture: © Ivanka Trump with her husband Jared Kushner and the three children together on an excursion. (Archive picture)
