Jared Kushner
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make these solar panels and to make these electric vehicles, China's bought up most of them and a lot of the refining capacities in China.
So thinking through strategically, how do we create an even playing field so that we're not at the mercy of them and how you can have a rules-based world order, that was really kind of the thought of what we were trying to work towards.
No, it's been a pleasure to do this, and thank you for the opportunity to talk about these things.
So that was a really funny skit.
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You know, it's funny, the thing I got made fun of the most for that was the wardrobe.
And that came from after three months in the administration, we were having dinner with all the generals and they were saying, you know, updating us on the war with ISIS.
And General Dunford said to me after, look, the president can't come to see how we're fighting this war, but I'd like to invite you to come with me to Iraq and come see.
And would you come with me?
I said, no, that's great.
I always learned in business.
Now, you can't make decisions from just an ivory tower.
You have to go to the front lines and see what's actually happening.
So I said, no problem.
I'd love to go.
Meanwhile, two days before I'm about to go, the doc from the White House stops by my office and says, we need to get your blood types.
What do you mean my blood type is?
You're going to an active war zone.
I'm like, okay, so I guess I'll go to a war zone.
I didn't really think this thing fully through.