Jared Kushner was no different than any other sycophant in the Trump administration. I mean, maybe he was a little smarter than some of them, maybe his business savvy was a little more solid, but as far as character goes, you’d have to dig as deep to find a worm like him as you would any other Trumper.

That’s what makes it so ironic that he thinks he can now defend his “legacy” from during the Trump administration and after.

When Jared left Trump’s side (after Trump was voted out of office), he took his experience with him. That included the relationship he had built with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince Mohammed bin Sultan, or MBS.

MBS was, of course, implicated in the murder of American journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

But beyond that, he is known as a man who suffers absolutely no disloyalty or dissidence. He has clamped down on anyone who questions the kingdom like a vise grip.

Despite this, and despite our checkered history with the kingdom — 15 of the 19 9/11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia — Kushner developed a relationship unlike any seen before between America and Saudi Arabia.

But the deals he made with MBS after Trump left office left a sour taste in a lot of mouths. He got $2 billion from the ruler for his private equity firm, formed immediately after leaving the White House.

Now Kushner is out making public statements.

“If you ask me about the work that that we did in the White House, for my critics, what I say is point to a single decision we made that wasn’t in the interest of America.”

When asked about the $2 Billion he received from Saudi Arabia for his investment fund, and MBS’s involvement in the Khashoggi murder, he said, “Are we really still doing this?” Kushner takes MBS at his word that he had nothing to do with it. “I know the person who I dealt with. I think he’s a visionary leader. I think what he’s done in that region is transformational,” he said.

Thankfully, Kushner has indicated he has no plans to rejoin Team Trump, should his father-in-law regain the White House in 2024. He said he plans to continue his investment firm and spend as much time as possible with his family.

Counting Saudi Arabian money.