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Kushners’ visit in Beijing sends bizarre message to China

A projector screen shows a footage of U.S. President Donald Trump as workers wait for investors at a reception desk during an event promoting EB-5 investment in a Kushner Companies development at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, May 7, 2017. The sister of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green cards.
A projector screen shows a footage of U.S. President Donald Trump as workers wait for investors at a reception desk during an event promoting EB-5 investment in a Kushner Companies development at a hotel in Shanghai, China, Sunday, May 7, 2017. The sister of President Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, has been courting Chinese investors using a much-criticized federal visa program that provides a path toward obtaining green cards. AP

While a U.S. fleet is deployed to patrol the South China Sea with the assistance of Japanese destroyers, the Kushner family, visiting in Beijing, peddles visas for investments in New Jersey. What message is our government sending China?

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I’m not sure about the former.” - Albert Einstein (1879-1955)

LtCol. Reinhold R. Klein USMC (ret.)

Bradenton

This story was originally published May 8, 2017 at 3:40 PM with the headline "Kushners’ visit in Beijing sends bizarre message to China."

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