Trump really wants the border wall completed and he’s putting Jared Kushner in charge of making sure it happens:
THE HILL – President Trump has put his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, in charge of overseeing the construction of the border wall, The Washington Post reported Monday.
Current and former administration officials told the Post that Kushner has taken the lead on the wall construction project, holding biweekly meetings covering the progress of the wall, contractor data, the location of the wall and how funding is being used.
Kushner is reportedly pressuring U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to speed up the process of obtaining private land along the U.S.-Mexico border to build the wall.
The president’s son-in-law is reportedly pushing to get 450 miles of barriers along the border finished before the 2020 election. Officials told the Post that more than 800 filings to seize private property need to be made to make that happen.
Needless to say there are mixed reviews on this move by Trump:
Border wall, RIP. https://t.co/nh65SGHc03
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) November 26, 2019
So it’s doomed https://t.co/sK4obRpXUc
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) November 26, 2019
OR…
Not saying this is great— but wall has better chance of getting done under Jared's direction than under the direction of other, shall we say, more obvious WH officials. https://t.co/7qUwT4qL31
— Darren J. Beattie 🌐 (@DarrenJBeattie) November 26, 2019
I'm gonna give Kushner's team the benefit of the doubt. If this is true, I think they will be able to deliver https://t.co/xtKK9NaATs
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) November 26, 2019
okay, here's why I trust Jared more than anyone basically at DHS.
Is he an immigration hawk, no. But he's not ideological, he wants Trump to win and sources have said he has grown frustrated with how long it's taken to do something as simple as a wall.
— Ryan James Girdusky (@RyanGirdusky) November 26, 2019
So the big question: what do you think? Is this gonna work in the long run? Or will this be a Trump dud?