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Donald Trump: I Could Have Had Tom Brady As A Son-In-Law, Instead I Got Kushner
Townhall.com ^ | July 29, 2018 | Timothy Meads

Posted on 07/29/2018 6:00:59 PM PDT by Kaslin

President Donald J. Trump almost had the real, deal 5 time winning super bowl champion, Tom Brady, as his son-in-law, and based off a recent report, he still regrets that Ivanka opted to marry Jared Kushner instead of the greatest of all time football player.

The New York Times reports that the relationship between President Trump and his daughter, Ivanka, as well her husband, Jared Kushner, has been in flux in recent months. 

According to Maggie Haberman, "Several times Mr. Trump joked that he 'could have had Tom Brady' as a son-in-law. 'Instead,' the president said, according to five people who heard him, 'I got Jared Kushner.'" Brady, now married to supermodel Gisele Bundchen, one time went on a date with Ivanka. Apparently, her father arranged it. President Trump and Brady are publicly friends and Brady one time even had a "Make America Great Again" in the Patriots locker room at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA.

But, Ivanka and Brady never had a longterm dating life. It seems her current husband, Jared Kushner, sometimes rubs the president the wrong way. The Times notes that the president's relationship with his daughter's husband seemed to falter during their first year in office.

"As scrutiny of the couple often referred to as Javanka became increasingly intense during the president’s first year, Mr. Kushner and Ms. Trump seemed to retreat from public view, and after several of their allies in the White House departed, there was a near-constant stream of questions about whether they would follow.

It did not help that the president had gone from telling aides to “talk to Jared,” as he did during the campaign, to telling them that “Jared hasn’t been so good for me.” At various points, Mr. Trump told friends and his chief of staff, John F. Kelly, that he wished both Jared and Ivanka would return to New York."

But, insiders now say that the President is back to depending on them for comfort and trust. 

"But as one staff member after another has disappointed him and has departed or been dispatched, Mr. Trump has retreated into the familiarity of his family — his daughter, above all, and eventually, her husband. As Mr. Trump, cut off from dissenting voices and convinced of his own popularity, has become more emboldened, so have his daughter and son-in-law."

Others, such as White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and Secretary of Treasury Steve Mnuchin have dismissed any reports of friction as silly. 

“I think they felt in some ways when things escalated that they thought it was best to keep a lower profile and hone in on their specific policy areas,” said Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary.

Ms. Trump’s announcement this past week that she would shut down her fashion brand, based in New York, seemed to symbolize a recommitment to her life and her husband’s in Washington. The woman who once said that she did not intend to stay in the capital long enough to become one of its “political creatures” — people she feels are “so principled that they get nothing done,” according to someone familiar with her thinking — said on Tuesday that she did not know “if I will ever return to the business.”

“Any suggestion that they were going to leave the White House was just ridiculous,” said Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, who was one of several allies the couple asked to speak on their behalf for this article. “They both have been dependable, valuable and effective partners for me and other members of the president’s cabinet.”

The entire article is well worth the read and highlights certain examples of signs of positive relationship and a negative relationship. It is tough to tell from anonymous sourcing what is true and what is false regarding the Trump family saga. Haberman says Trump made the comment regarding Brady as a joke, but it does not take a Washington insider to take one look at Kushner, and one look at Brady and realize that obviously anybody would rather have the latter as a son-in-law.

Author's note: The closest that I have ever been to meeting a “Tom Brady” of any kind was when my neighbor almost named his Japanese fighting fish after the legendary New England Patriots quarterback. Instead, he ended up naming the pet “Nomar” after the former Boston Red Sox shortstop, Nomar Garciaparra. I was pretty disappointed because I liked Brady better, but ultimately we were stuck with Nomar. I can only imagine what it feels like to have missed an opportunity to actually have the GOAT, Tom Brady, in your family.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; US: New York
KEYWORDS: ivanka; maggiehaberman; mediawingofthednc; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; nfl; partisanmediashills; presstitutes; smearmachine; tombrady; trumpfamily
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To: skimbell

21 posted on 07/29/2018 6:30:14 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: skimbell

22 posted on 07/29/2018 6:35:16 PM PDT by Bratch ("The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke)
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To: Kaslin

Gillette Stadium, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004
23 posted on 07/29/2018 6:37:42 PM PDT by Brown Deer (America First!)
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To: Kaslin

Fake news hoping to create a division between Ivanka, her hubby & her Dad.

These scum are so desperate lol!


24 posted on 07/29/2018 6:37:49 PM PDT by TheStickman (#MAGA all day every day!)
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To: Kaslin
p01b

She could have married Mark Sanchez.

One of those 'Glass half empty/full' things...

25 posted on 07/29/2018 6:38:07 PM PDT by Snickering Hound
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To: gaijin

That’s not surprising. Also, Bush daughters are both liberal. So is John McCain’s daughter.


26 posted on 07/29/2018 6:39:26 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: JohnBrowdie

Bridget Moynahan is an actress and was a model just in her younger days. So Tommy only knocked up one supermodel. He then married her.


27 posted on 07/29/2018 6:45:14 PM PDT by Steven Scharf
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To: gaijin

Especially since Ivanka is the ex wife


28 posted on 07/29/2018 6:49:00 PM PDT by atc23
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To: fhayek

I really loved Goodell giving Brady the trophy last year.


29 posted on 07/29/2018 6:51:33 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Give a man a fish and he'll be a Democrat. Teach a man to fish and he'll be a responsible citizen.)
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To: Brown Deer

excellent post


30 posted on 07/29/2018 6:54:46 PM PDT by CaliforniaCraftBeer
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To: Hostage

I am aware this is probably fake, but I’m still okay with it if he said it. Nobody sane wants leftist in-laws.


31 posted on 07/29/2018 6:59:13 PM PDT by 50mm (-.. .-. .. -. -.- / --- ...- .- .-.. - .. -. . /)
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To: Kaslin

I realize the likeliness this is a fake story. I hope I am able to trust my daughters choices and hope I never publicly criticize my future son in laws.


32 posted on 07/29/2018 7:01:51 PM PDT by posterchild (anti-science: thinking a fetus is distinct from a tumor and sex is determined by chromosomes)
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To: posterchild

“Brady quote” - 100% Joke.

NYT - 100% FAKE NEWS

Any questions? ;>)


33 posted on 07/29/2018 7:08:51 PM PDT by Simon Foxx
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To: Kaslin

I Could Have Had Tom Brady As A Son-In-Law, Instead I Got Kushner

...and I could have had a V8.


34 posted on 07/29/2018 7:11:10 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Ruth Bader Ginsburg doctor is a taxidermist.)
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To: gaijin

That’s why we love her so!

But please, don’t miss reminding us on every Ivanka thread.


35 posted on 07/29/2018 7:14:55 PM PDT by bigbob (Trust Sessions. Trust the Plan.)
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To: Kaslin
convinced of his own popularity

He has 90% approval rating among Republicans and 45% or more on a national level. And this is when the Democrats using their shitty polling strategies to diminish his numbers.

Yes, he is popular, you dumb SOB. (Responding to this quote, not to you Kaslin lol).

36 posted on 07/29/2018 7:16:49 PM PDT by Greetings_Puny_Humans (I mostly come out at night... mostly.)
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To: CaliforniaCraftBeer

Those two are one of the main reasons that drag queens are still in the US military and the State Dept still “ceberates” sodomy. They must get along fine with Mattis whose given an order and has to “study it” till hell freezes over and in the meantime drag queens are still re-enlisting.


37 posted on 07/29/2018 7:19:02 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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To: Steven Scharf

if you’re getting all twisted up on “model” vs. “supermodel”, then you’re just determined to miss the point.


38 posted on 07/29/2018 7:19:15 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: Kaslin

Kushner is a Zionist. Not a faithful member of a proud and historical faith and race, but a Zionist. The fewer of those in political life the better for America.


39 posted on 07/29/2018 7:22:19 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts (If Republicans are not prepared to carry on the Revolution of 1776, prepare for a communist takeover)
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To: MinorityRepublican

All the Bush women are liberal as the day is long including smirking
Laura Bush who supports abortion and queer “marriage.” Tbe recently deceased Barbara Bush also was a big time liberal,also supporting queer marriage and abortion.


40 posted on 07/29/2018 7:23:53 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("Man without God descends into madness")
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