FATHER-IN LAW -- SON-IN-LAW

I find it endearing that Donald Trump seems to have such high regard for his son-in-law Jared Kushner.*  I agree that he should be allowed to be an official adviser to President Donald Trump and have an office next door.  Heck, let him have a desk in the Oval Office.

I don't know much about Jared Kushner, so in a way I'm flying blind, but I presume he is more rational than his father-in-law.  He seems to want to pursue a political career.  I have to wonder if Trump's sons are a bit jealous of Kushner's closeness to their father.  Trump also seems to favor Ivanka, his daughter.  Perhaps letting the sons run the Trump empire will make up for it somewhat.  Of course they are not supposed to talk to their father about the business.  Ha, ha!

Kushner's brother Joshua** runs a health care business in New York called Oscar.  This may help Kusher moderate Trump's view on Obamacare.  Trump has said he wants the replacement to come shortly after the repeal, essentially simultaneously.  Joshua is said to have not voted for Trump.

Republicans want to get Obama's name off the health care law very much which after all has the acronym of ACA (for Affordable Care Act).  Obama is willing to have his name removed, but the media won't let it happen.  After all, the ACA IS largely the conservatives health plan which is why they are having such a problem coming up with a replacement.***  They didn't vote for it out of spite as a part of their political scorched Earth policy.

The ACA was supposed to get insurance companies to compete with each other; however, they have avoided this by backing out of the plan so that there is only one company to choose from in most places.  Various Republicans have wanted health insurance to be national where it is now run by each state.  This presumably would make health insurance companies compete.  This suggestion is interesting because it goes against state's rights.  But I'm for it.  In fact I am in a national plan that is voluntary and covers preexisting conditions.

Kushner may help Trump from being impeached.  What for?  Well, it could be a lot of things, but his too, too friendliness with Putin may eventually do it.  In fact one comedian asked if one could impeach a President-Elect before he gets into office.

Frankly, I think Trump is safe at least until he names a Supreme Court Justice, where the Republican establishment dearly wants input more than anything.  So far they have gotten their way on the cabinet appointments.

In addition to his over friendliness with Putin, Trump seems on a track to destroy the U.S. intelligence agencies, especially the CIA.  This makes me very nervous if a large number of the veteran CIA agents leave.  It is rumored that many are getting their resume's ready.

There is a lot of attention being made of the Russians having a dossier on Trump that includes unverified accusations of Trump being attended to by some "ladies" while he was in Russia.  I'm sure that the Russians have a dossier on Trump but not sure about the "ladies."  The trouble is that we know Trump is a womanizer and that he talks big on his sexual possibilities from the tape on the bus, so the accusations are not too wild.  But who knows for sure?  I also  wouldn't put it past Putin to have pictures rigged.

It is hard for me to see this ending well.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jared_Kushner
** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Kushner
*** Mitt Romney's in Massachusetts was slightly more conservative than a plan put forth by Richard Nixon.  The ACA is slightly more conservative than the Massachusetts plan.