Acclaimed rapper Kanye West said that former White House senior adviser Jared Kushner brokered the Abraham Accords peace agreements between Israel and several Arab nations in order “to make money.”
West recalled a dinner he had with the Kushner brothers along with Jared’s wife Ivanka after which he learned that Josh had 10 percent ownership in the SKIMS shapewear clothing line the rapper created with his now-ex-wife Kim Kardashian.
“F**K JOSH KUSHNER,” West wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post hours before the Fox News interview.
““WHAT IF I HAD 10% OF KARLIE KLOSS UNDERWEAR LINE WITHOUT YOU KNOWING AND YOU ONLY HAD 5%,” he added, referring to Kushner’s wife.
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“After talking to them, and really sitting with Jared and sitting with Josh…I was like, ‘Wow, these guys have really been holding [former US president Donald] Trump back and being very much a handler,'” West told Fox News as he reflected on his relationship with the Kushners.
Not so long ago, the rapper’s relationship with Trump’s son-in was believed to have been a close one. They were spotted having dinner together as recently as this past January.
While their friendship has apparently become strained since, West made clear that he still thinks very highly of Ivanka Trump. Among the reasons the rapper gave for why he has been a fan of the former president, West said, “he made Ivanka.”
As for Jared and Josh Kushner, West said, “they love to just look at me or look at Trump like we’re so crazy and that they’re the businessman.”
Mocking those who say that Jared doesn’t get enough credit for his work in the previous administration, West began referencing the Abraham Accords.
“You know, he made these peace treaties,” he began. “I just think it was to make money.”
“I just think that that’s what they’re about is making money. I don’t think that they have the ability to make anything on their own. I think they’re born into money,” West continued, apparently referencing both Kushners, whose father is a real estate developer. “And it makes me feel like they weren’t serving my boy Trump the way they could’ve.”
Kushner has come under scrutiny from Democrats over the investment fund he set up after leaving the White House which accepted $2 billion from the Saudi Public Investment Fund controlled by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Kushner and the crown prince forged a close relationship while Trump was in office.
Bin Salman is believed to have been more open to the Abraham Accords than other officials in the Saudi kingdom. Analysts say that Bahrain would not have agreed to normalize relations with Israel in 2020 along with the UAE without a green light from Riyadh.