Trump Son-in-Law Jared Kushner, Who’s Made Millions During Two Terms, Takes to Twitter to Defend Himself – from CNN, to Start

Jared Kushner is on Twitter.

He says he’s going to defend himself after ignoring “false and misleading stories.”

He’s not using Truth Social, but instead the platform owned by Elon Musk.

This should be interesting. Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law, is thought to have enriched himself with hundreds of millons of dollars over the last 10 years and two Trump terms, will have to be up all night if he goes through with his plan.

His first foray is to rebut a CNN story that he’s benefited financially from the diplomatic work he’s done in the Middle East.

His first two Tweets are below.

By taking on CNN, Kushner is opening himself up to a lot of reporting and refuting. Where is this going? It’s interesting that he decided to announce this on the same day that Skydance touted taking over Warner Bros, which owns CNN. They already own CBS, which will have to report this story.

For the last 10 years, I have ignored false and misleading stories about me and focused on the work.

But the cycle has gotten out of control where old lies get repeated as fact, new ones get added, and the record becomes increasingly distorted.

So from time to time, I’m going…

— Jared Kushner (@jaredkushner) October 2, 2026

CNN published a deeply misleading story and headline suggesting that my diplomatic work in the Middle East somehow benefited investments in Israeli defense companies.

But CNN’s own reporting says otherwise. Buried behind a paywall, it acknowledges: “CNN found no indication that… pic.twitter.com/iCowrE9N84

— Jared Kushner (@jaredkushner) October 2, 2026