Reference News, December 12 report: According to AFP, Jared Kushner's only official title at the White House is "son-in-law of the president," but he has returned prominently and controversially to President Trump's inner circle.

The report states that after four years away from the White House, Trump has made this son-in-law play a key role in the peace negotiations in Gaza and Ukraine.

This week, 44-year-old Kushner also became an investor in the Paramount acquisition of Hollywood giant Warner Bros. If the acquisition succeeds, it could mean that the Trump family will partially own CNN, the news channel that Trump most dislikes.

The report mentions that Kushner and Trump's daughter Ivanka served as special advisors during Trump's first presidential term. However, after Trump lost the 2020 election, they moved to Florida, Kushner stepped back from politics and entered the private sector, and he had previously stated that he would not return to the second administration.

According to Forbes, after that, Kushner founded an investment company mainly funded by Middle Eastern countries with which he had dealt during Trump's first term, and he became a billionaire.

This has raised ethical questions about potential conflicts of interest, which Kushner denied, while White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called these concerns "despicable."

But this did not stop Trump, who has always mixed family, business, and politics, from bringing Kushner back into the center of power.

The report says that after the ceasefire agreement in Gaza in October, Trump told the Israeli parliament: "We brought in Jared. We sometimes need that brain. We have to get Jared involved."

The White House said that Kushner provided "valuable expertise" and emphasized that he was an "informal, unpaid advisor."

Kushner began appearing again at the White House, and Trump sent him and Steven Witkoff to negotiate with Israel, Hamas, and major Middle Eastern powers.

After the Gaza agreement was reached, Kushner said his role was only temporary.

However, in the following month, Kushner appeared with Witkoff at the Kremlin to meet with Russian President Putin.

A senior aide to the Kremlin, Yuri Ushakov, said that Kushner "proved to be very useful." (Translated by Lu Di)

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