A biographer revealed why President Donald Trump would never chew out Jared Kushner, who recently met with a foe of the administration.
During an episode of Inside Trump's Head, author Michael Wolff revealed that Trump is "slightly intimidated" by his son-in-law. Wolff explained the relationship while responding to co-host Joanna Coles' speculation about whether Trump exploded at Kushner for meeting with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), the House minority leader.
"Jared is operating his own independent office," Wolff said.
"So what's inside Trump's head over this meeting?" Coles wondered. "Is he like, 'I can't control my son-in-law?'"
Coles and Wolff framed the Kushner-Jeffries meeting as a power play before the midterms. They explained that Kushner expects the Democrats to take control of the House after the midterms, so Kushner reached out to Jeffries.
"'I might as well meet with him, and maybe I'll learn something,'" Wolff said, speculating Jeffries' thinking. "Maybe he was doing it as a favor."
However, Wolff said that with Trump, "His family is always right," so he likely didn't chew out Kushner when news of the meeting leaked.
"Really?" Coles asked. "So, he doesn't pick up the phone and yell at Jared? 'What were you thinking?'"
"No," Wolff said. "First thing, he's slightly intimidated by Jared."
"He's intimidated by him?" Coles responded. "Why?"
"Because he went to Harvard. Because he got the daughter," Wolff explained. "All of those reasons."
"And he's thin," Coles joked, referring back to a conversation they had about Trump's weight and weight-loss efforts.
"And Jared is very good at playing his father-in-law," Wolff continued. "I've seen the way he moves around his father-in-law, never engaging, always being able to refocus the subject on something that his father-in-law wants to talk about. I mean, it's kind of artful."
Wolff added, "Jared is really the only person who survived the first term and prospered, right?"
