that will be up to general kelly. general kelly respects jared a lot. and general kelly will make that call. i won t make that call. we re back to hardball, or romperoom in the case of the white house that is president trump punting on the decision of the security clearance of jared kushner. his decision to stay on the sidelines have left kelly and kushner at an impact. kelly does not plan to recommend to the president that he grant kushner a waiver. but he sun likely to resign if trump ultimately decides to do so, according to a person familiar with this thing. let s bring in the hardball round table to figure thing this thing out. jonathan capehart for the washington process, heidi przybilla and jonathan, starting with you. this is an embarrassment the president is making. he brought his family members in to the white house, like the romanov family. he s got ivanka there being his representative in pyeongchang. he s got jared bringing the
jared s responsibilities. he accurately described jared areas current responsibilities. he works on the middle east attempted peace negotiations. why? does what does he know about the middle east? tom friedman had a line. he said jared s primary qualification the s that he went to jewish summer camp. however, however, however, i will say all the great geniuses of middle east diplomacy for the last 20 years haven t done much either. keep the doors open at the white house. i m not saying anything like that. i m just saying everyone talks about george mitchell like the great genius. be a little less discreet. here is the question. if he is going to give this guy a walk around and sneak him papers, he is going to pardon him. that s what is coming. this family is untouchable. he is not going to let his daughter swing. he is not going to let his son-in-law swing or his son-in-law. if it comes that, all that mueller has to do is nail one of the family members and we re going to see
everyone else. so based on what do they issue jared a waiver? his extensive resume of experience in the middle east? no. jared was brought in as the secretary of everything. that s what they called him, right? it was based on one thing alone, that he had familial connection. that he was married to his daughter. did he actually propose its moving to jerusalem? did he make a big decision like that, this guy with no background? i wasn t in on the room for that decision. and apparently they re still coming out with their grand middle east strategy. jonathan, does this guy have the power the president has given to him or is it just phone to make him look good as the son-in-law? his responsibilities have changed dramatically. downward? yes. from january 17 to this year. originally he was involved in almost everything. he was almost a parallel chief of staff. he was involved in whatever he wanted to be. in that statement that kelly put out last week, he people described him as c