How Jared Kushner, Steve Witkoff see the world

The countries and actors may be different, but the general idea – that diplomacy is similar to a business deal – is the same.

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner attend talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Dec. 2, 2025. | Alexander Kazakov/AP

The failed attempt to secure a peaceful resolution with Iran has not shaken the president’s faith in the two men he put in charge of making peace around the world.

Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, are in charge of solving some of the world’s most intractable conflicts and even as the war with Iran expands, the president insists his top diplomats are the best men for the task.

“I think they’re doing a great job,” President Donald Trump told POLITICO in a brief phone interview Friday. “People like that you can’t hire.”

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