US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner, is promoting the country’s armament industry, according to Myles Hoenig, an American political analyst and activist.
Hoenig, a former Green Party candidate for Congress, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday while commenting on a report which said Kushner negotiated a massive weapons deal between Saudi Arabia and American weapons manufacture Lockheed Martin.
The $110 billion arms deal signed by Saudi Arabian King Salman and US President Donald Trump on Saturday was a component of $350 billion in economic and military investments between the two countries over the next 10 years, according to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.
“As an adviser to the president, it’s not unusual for Kushner to play an important role in the weapons sale to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” said Hoenig. “The fact that Mr. Kushner is Jewish should also play no role in…