- Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster reportedly locked horns with White House senior adviser and President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
- Kushner reportedly pursued a freewheeling diplomatic outreach to other world leaders, sometimes pursuing private conversations that sidestepped normal channels of communication.
- His methods apparently did not sit well with Tillerson and others.
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'Who is Secretary of State here?': Rex Tillerson reportedly locked horns with Jared Kushner over his freewheeling approach to diplomacy
Kushner reportedly pursued a freewheeling diplomatic outreach to other world leaders. His methods didn't sit well with everyone.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and national security adviser H.R. McMaster were reportedly at odds with White House senior adviser and President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to a Washington Post report on Monday.
Trump fired Tillerson last week.
Early on in the Trump presidency, Kushner had developed diplomatic relations with leaders of other nations — without conferring with
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Kushner had developed a particularly close bond with Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman after Kushner entered the Trump administration. Kushner had several face-to-face meetings and private phone conversations with Prince Salman, people familiar with the talks told The Post.
"It appears those who feel left out are the ones who become sources for false information," a spokesman for Abbe Lowell, Kushner's attorney, said to The Post, suggesting that former Trump associates may be planting negative stories about the president's son-in-law.
"Mr. Kushner follows all appropriate internal communications protocols and procedures, and the actions he takes are known by, coordinated with and reported to others who should be involved."
Read the full story at The Washington Post
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