What in life is creepier than a smiling Jared Kushner? Other than the visages of several serial killers, not much. It's the smile of a man who may have had to take lessons in how to turn up the corners of his mouth. It's the smile of a man who is always thinking, "how are you going to screw me before I can screw you?" I can imagine him unhinging his jaws and swallowing rats whole. I can imagine him coming upon a rattlesnake and staring it into unconsciousness.
He's so quiet that I always imagine his voice to be either Donald-Duck or the big dog from Up.
But at the same time I can also see the guy who bought a 50-year-old skyscraper for $1,800,000,000. I can see the man who watched terrified as fat Chris Christie put his father behind bars.
I also why Ivanka fell for him. He's the anti-dad. Quiet where dad is loud. Jared avoids attention where dad is a narcissist. He is thin and lean where dad is fat. Calculating to an extreme where dad is an uncontrollable steamroller.
It's especially obvious when you compare him to Ivanka's brothers. Eric and Don jr have the look of violently abused children who don't know how to get away from their abuser. They are not smart guys and I'm sure that dad reminds them of this at every opportunity. To dad they are either freeloaders or threats.
The Trumps are a family-business writ large. Inbred traits that create fear and mistrust. A need to make money that allows any and all actions regardless of its effect on blood relatives. Jared Kushner is maybe a half-step above the Trumps, but that step is collapsing.
I can't see how this ends well for him, though he is lucky to be the smartest guy in the room whenever he visits the missus' relatives. And in the end, when Ivanka has to choose between Jared and daddy, I think she is smart enough to toss papa under the bus.