Managing dangerous crises like a real estate deal: The method of Witkoff and Kushner under attack

A senior Financial Times columnist attacks Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, arguing that their lack of diplomatic experience and tendency to manage geopolitical crises like real estate deals could derail negotiations in Russia, Iran, and Gaza.

A senior Financial Times columnist, Edward Luce, launches a sharp attack against Donald Trump's envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Luce describes their activities as 'blind amateurism' and argues that both, real estate developers and billionaires with no traditional diplomatic experience, bring to negotiations a mindset that countries and leaders can be enticed into agreements by presenting expected post-war economic gains. The columnist also mentions Kushner's international business activities, including ventures in Albania and Serbia, which have drawn criticism for overlapping private business ties with diplomatic activity. Witkoff and Kushner work without pay, but according to Luce, this fact does not eliminate the central problem: extraordinary influence on American foreign policy without prior professional experience. Luce concludes that in the cases of Russia, Iran, and Gaza, the lack of experience may actually hinder reaching agreements.