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With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Has Privatized American Foreign Policy

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Edelman, E. S., & Miller, F. C. (2026, November 10). With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Has Privatized American Foreign Policy. The Dispatch. https://thedispatch.com/article/witkoff-kushner-diplomacy-ukraine-gaza-iran/

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The Dispatch · collected 2026-11-10 · by Eric S. Edelman, Franklin C. Miller

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The article criticizes the Trump administration for allowing Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff to influence major foreign policy decisions, arguing that their involvement has negatively impacted America's international standing. It highlights specific issues like Gaza, Iran, nuclear arms control, and Ukraine where these figures have allegedly interfered without proper expertise or accountability, potentially benefiting their own interests financially.
Written by AI on 2026-11-10, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

AI analysis

Story summary

As of November 10, 2026, Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller argue in an article for The Dispatch that under the Trump administration, American foreign policy has been privatized through the influence of presidential confidantes Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff rather than managed by the Secretary of State. This approach is alleged to have harmed America's standing on the world stage regarding issues such as Gaza, Iran, nuclear arms control, and Ukraine. The authors suggest that these confidantes might also be profiting from their positions, though specific evidence for this claim is not provided in the excerpt.

Written for “Trump Foreign Policy Criticized” on 2026-11-10, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
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Who wrote this

Eric S. Edelman
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Franklin C. Miller
1 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
The two presidential confidantes have harmed America’s standing on the world stage—and may be enriching themselves in the process.
2026-11-10 · mixed framing · With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Has Privatized American Foreign Policy
The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

American Gaza Iran state the United States

Subjects

the United States GPE · 2× America GPE · 1× American NORP · 1× Gaza GPE · 1× Iran GPE · 1× Noah Hickey PERSON · 1× The Dispatch ORG · 1× Trump PERSON · 1× Ukraine GPE · 1× state ORG · 1×

Narrative

In normal times, the secretary of state of the United States is responsible for managing American foreign policy and should be deeply involved in the great international and national security issues that confront the United States.
framing: mixed · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-11-10
The two presidential confidantes have harmed America’s standing on the world stage—and may be enriching themselves in the process.
2026-11-10 · The Dispatch
With Witkoff and Kushner, Trump Has Privatized American Foreign Policy · mixed framing

Claims (2 extracted, 1 hedged)

In normal times, the secretary of state of the United States is responsible for managing American foreign policy and should be deeply involved in the great international and national security issues that confront the United States. asserted
that → manage → States
The two presidential confidantes have harmed America’s standing on the world stage—and may be enriching themselves in the process. uncertain
confidantes → harm → process
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