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<\/a>Ivanka Trump, daughter of the US President, and her husband Jared Kushner (Tobias Hase\/picture-alliance\/dpa\/AP Images)<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
By\u00a0Brian Freeman
\nNEWSMAX<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump told his former chief of staff John Kelly\u00a0shortly after the general started his new position in the White House to \u201cget rid of\u201d his daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner\u00a0and send them back\u00a0to New York, according to the recently published book \u201cKushner Inc.,\u201d\u00a0The New York Times<\/a>\u00a0has reported.<\/p>\n The book, written by journalist Vicky Ward, claims that the president wanted them removed from their White House positions, because they \u201cdidn\u2019t know how to play the game\u201d and that he was particularly upset that stories about them brought him negative press.<\/p>\n According to the book, Kelly told the president at the time that it would be problematic to fire them but later agreed with Trump that they \u201cwould make life difficult enough to force the pair to offer their resignations.\u201d<\/p>\n Those familiar with the issue told the The New York Times that both Ivanka Trump and Kushner managed to outlast those intentions and that the president\u2019s determination for them to leave the White House has \u201ccome and gone in waves.\u201d<\/p>\n Both Ivanka Trump and Kushner have gained influence since Kelly resigned as chief of staff last December, with Kushner even playing a key role in a legislative victory last year with the passage of a criminal justice reform bill he had championed, according to\u00a0The Hill.<\/a><\/p>\n Both a representative for Kushner and White House officials have dismissed the\u00a0claims in the book.<\/p>\n