Donald Trump's Story Of Making His Son-in-law A Senior Advisor To The US President

Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Jared Kushner. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - Donald Trump is like wearing a dissidential robe in the 2016 United States (US) presidential election campaign. The famous entrepreneur appeared in a series of controversies. He tried to fight stiffness. He underestimated all kinds of experts.

This condition got worse when Trump was elected President of the US. He tried to 'flirt' to the Anti-Nepotism Law (UU). Because Trump himself is suspected of violating it. The alleged violation was carried out because Trump appointed his son-in-law as a senior adviser to the US President.

Donald Trump was transformed while on a dark horse in the 2016 US Presidential Election. He was initially not seeded in the winning map of political contestation. Instead of being elected president, being a candidate from the Republican Party is considered difficult.

This condition is actually fuel for Trump to air. Trump's camp began packing his figure unlike ordinary politicians. Trump is packaged as a dissident. He was able to wrap his conservative views and make it a winning strategy. Trump also installed a body for all Americans with low education.

They agree with Trump's view that there are invisible hands who want to damage the US. Trump is also considered a savior. Trump's figure is believed to be the most ideal against interests that want to divide the US people.

This condition made the Republican Party melt. Trump was also given a way forward in the US democratic party. Trump is planned to fight Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. Trump's campaign began to be filled with the shadow of past anger.

He tried to revive the nuances of racism against white people to blacks. Trump began to ridicule experts who doubted him. Trump considered these experts no more useful than him.

When Trump was asked about fundamental matters, he chose to dodge. Trump supporters consider it a genius. Trump's move then made people's confidence level in the mass media fall to its lowest point.

Many people who do not believe in the US mass media contain the principle of justice. This condition made Trump represent the interests of the US people as a big deal. Trump also packs his part in the 2016 presidential election with MAGA jargon: Make America Great Again.

Trump went through all that, snatched Republican nominations, and won, because in the end, he connects with certain types of voters who believe that knowing things like America's nuclear deterrence is just stupid nonsense.

Even worse, voters don't just don't want to know whether Trump is wrong or not; they can't even see Trump's mistakes or indifferences. Psychologist David Dunning-who and Justin totaling found the Dunning-Cruger Effect, namely people who don't know or are incompetent tend to be unaware of their own lack of knowledge or inability - believes that the dynamics he and his colleagues describe occur among voters, "said Tom Nichols in the book Death of Expertship (2022).

Trump's controversy did not stop when he became the number one US person. Trump continues to carry out a series of controversies. He plans to appoint his son-in-law, Jared Kushner as senior adviser to the US President.

Ivanka Trump's husband's appointment was reasonable. Trump feels Jared has brilliant competence that will help him run the government. Trump saw that potential when Jared became one of Trump's campaign teams to win the US Presidential Election.

Jared is considered not good at business, but good at political affairs. Trump's wish was met with criticism. Jared's appointment is predicted to spark controversy. Because, the appointment sparked concerns about conflicts of interest. In particular, Trump is considered to have violated the US Nepotism Act.

Trump also evaded himself against the Nepotism Act. The Trump camp said the law prohibiting officials from giving jobs to their families did not apply to positions in the White House. Alias, anyone has the opportunity to become a white House official as long as the US President wishes.

Criticism also mentions Trump trying to apply the hierarchy of the business world in the White House. Trump considers the family a top priority as an official. Even though many others are trusted and talented. However, because it is not a family, it will not be chosen.

Trump himself considers his criticism to be just a wind. He confidently appointed his son-in-law to be a senior advisor. Nothing interferes with the decision. As a result, Jared's move to become a White House official went smoothly from January 2017 and ended in 2021.

Jared, 35 years old, who married Trump's daughter, Ivanka, in 2009, is closer to Trump than any other adviser. Jared's stable presence in the transition team has often been chaotic and has provided input to Trump.

Trump described Jared as an extraordinary asset and a trusted advisor during campaigns and transitions. Trump revealed this in a statement issued Monday evening local time announcing Jared's appointment. "It's a courage that may be Trump's way of leading the US," Glenn Thrush anduranny Haberman said in his article on The New York Times website entitled Jared Kushner Named Senior White House Advisor to Donald Trump (2017).