Jared Kushner says he wouldn’t serve in a second Trump administration

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Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner said Tuesday he does not plan on serving in a second Trump administration as he is committed to focusing on his business ventures.

“Nothing in my life has gone according to the plans I’ve set, and that’s been the only consistent thing,” Kushner said at an Axios event in Miami, before emphasizing that he’s been “very clear” in his desire to focus on his private equity firm “at this phase” in his life.

Kushner served as a senior adviser in his father-in-law’s administration. He transitioned to the financial sector after leaving the White House, starting a Miami-based investment firm called Affinity Partners

Kushner said Tuesday that he’s enjoyed having his family “out of the spotlight” after he and his wife, Ivanka Trump, saw their White House roles end after her father left office.

He also said that he was “right now” committed to “my investors, to my firm, to my employees, to my partners, and that’s what I’m planning to do.”

Pressed on whether he would turn down an administration job from his father-in-law if asked directly, Kushner answered “yes.” He said Trump has had “time to really reflect” on his third presidential campaign.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at the Hyatt Hotel in Coralville, Iowa, on December 13.

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“I think that the team around him is maybe the best he’s had,” Kushner said, predicting that if Trump is elected again, he would have a “level of competence and professionalism” in his White House that would be “even more so than it was in the last administration.”

Kushner said Trump’s first White House