Dexter Filkins
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521 appearances
3 recordings
2 series
first heard Feb 2025
last heard 16 Sep
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And he's the son-in-law of the president.
And so I think they looked at that and they thought, well, this is a good place to put our money.
And if we can make him happy, we can make Trump happy.
We're going to bet on this horse for the future.
And they didn't know, and it certainly didn't look at the time, 2021, that Trump was going to be president again.
But here he is, like the bet paid off.
And so I think it raises or it brings us to a crucial moment for Jared, which is, so he had four years out of office.
So, you know, they had Trump's first term.
Then he starts the private equity fund.
And then Trump wins again.
And, you know, Jared could have stayed out.
I mean, he could have just said, you know, Mr. President, you know, my father-in-law, I helped you the first time around.
I'm not going to do it this time.
He could have done that.
He didn't do it.
Or he could have said, I'm going to take all this money.
It's what people have done in the past.
And I'm going to set up a blind trust and I'm not going to touch it for the next four years.
He didn't do that either.
So he basically decided, I'm going to do both.
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