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BumRushDaShow

(167,153 posts)
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:44 PM 11 hrs ago

Kushner, Witkoff visited USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran

Source: CNN Politics

Updated Feb 7, 2026, 1:28 PM ET
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2026, 11:26 AM ET


President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, and Trump’s son in law Jared Kushner, visited the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier on Saturday morning after completing talks with Iran on Friday.

Kushner and Witkoff were invited to visit the carrier, which is part of the Lincoln Carrier Strike Group, by the commander of US Central Command, Admiral Brad Cooper, a senior US official told CNN. The intention of the trip was to express gratitude for the American service members in the region, the official added.

Witkoff wrote on X after the visit that he, Kushner and Cooper “met with the brave sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, her strike group, and Carrier Air Wing 9 who are keeping us safe and upholding President Trump’s message of peace through strength.”

“We thanked the sailors and Marines, observed live flight operations, and spoke with the pilot who downed an Iranian drone that approached the carrier without clear intent,” Witkoff wrote. “Proud to stand with the men and women who defend our interests, deter our adversaries, and show the world what American readiness and resolve look like, on watch every day.”

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/07/politics/kushner-witkoff-visited-uss-abraham-lincoln-carrier-amid-tension-with-iran

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Kushner, Witkoff visited USS Abraham Lincoln carrier amid tension with Iran (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago OP
What branch did Traildogbob 11 hrs ago #1
Kushner is the bag man for the trump properties PSPS 11 hrs ago #3
It was a business trip JoseBalow 11 hrs ago #2
Wrong boat fellas BaronChocula 10 hrs ago #4
I ask again angrychair 9 hrs ago #5
And this is the guy who could not pass the requirements for a security clearance because Marie Marie 8 hrs ago #6
Kushner visited the carrier . . . AverageOldGuy 7 hrs ago #7
These comments are making me laugh! BigmanPigman 2 hrs ago #8

Traildogbob

(12,726 posts)
1. What branch did
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 01:50 PM
11 hrs ago

Kushner serve in???? Or any trump, ever? Stay the fuck away from my Navy you treasonous pricks.
Daddy has already shit all over the Navy image to the world demanding they kill innocents in little boats.
I am sure you both had a chance to “Stand” with military service people. Ya got heel spurs????

angrychair

(11,902 posts)
5. I ask again
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 03:25 PM
9 hrs ago

Last edited Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:59 PM - Edit history (1)

What position in government does Kushner hold?
Kushner holds no confirmed or even unconfirmed position in the federal government. In fact he is a private business person that appears to, by all accounts, be using his family ties to enrich himself and the trump family.

I mean Hunter Biden was dragged over the coals because Republicans said it appeared he was using his family name to sell his artwork.

At the very least that is what Kushner is doing for a fact.

Also, why is the commander of central command inviting a low level functionary and the SiL of the president to hang out in a combat zone on an aircraft carrier?!?

Marie Marie

(11,042 posts)
6. And this is the guy who could not pass the requirements for a security clearance because
Sat Feb 7, 2026, 04:33 PM
8 hrs ago

of possible compromise or conflict of interest. So, yeah, let's send him all around the world, sticking his greedy fingers in and shaping our foreign policy while Trump sits on his fat ass and ankles and tries to stay awake.

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