Because he is brilliant and has been Trump’s successful strategist.
I think you are just being contrary. You are too smart to be that obtuse.
2. I am not just being contrary.
As a long-time resident of New Jersey who has seen how both of these families operate, I have had concerns about this guy for months.
There's a huge difference between being a successful strategist during a political campaign and being a competent (and non-conflicted) advisor to the President of the United States. Hiring the lawyer who was immersed in the worst conflict of interest in my lifetime (appointed to the 9/11 commission to investigate U.S. security measures, preparedness and response that she had previously put in place) is a giant red flag for me.
Word on the street is that he was a pretty ordinary student who got into Harvard only after his billionaire father had donated $2.5 million to the school.
Look -- I have nothing personal against the guy. The optics here are terrible, and I know this entire website would be up in arms if Hillary Clinton had won the election and had the husband of that dingbat daughter of hers named to a role like this.