France’s establishment reacted with a mixture of resignation and muted scorn to president-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of real estate developer, pardoned felon and family connection Charles Kushner as US ambassador to France.
Kushner is the father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who occupied a variety of prominent posts in his first administration. The 70-year-old real estate executive was a big donor to Trump’s 2024 campaign.
He also received a presidential pardon at the end of Trump’s first term after he was convicted on multiple counts of tax evasion, campaign finance violations and witness tampering, for which he spent time in jail. He was released in 2006.