Americans Trying to Survive Coronavirus Crisis, Trump Family Trying to Make a Buck

Manny Otiko
4 min readMar 16, 2020

Trump, Jared Follow the ‘Hate the Government, Love The Government Check’ Motto

Members of the Trump-Kushner family. ( Max Goldberg/Iowa State Daily from USA)

Americans are currently dealing with closing businesses and forced shut-ins as people are advised to avoid large gatherings. So, it’s comforting to know that some people are trying to get rich off the coronavirus scare. And it’s not just the hustlers who are buying up toilet paper and hand sanitizers and trying to sell it for a profit. It’s also right within the White House. Yes, in the administration of so-called billionaire President Donald Trump, there are people trying to make a buck as America is looking at thousands of deaths.

As I’ve said before, conservatives might say they hate the government, but they secretly love it. Anyone who’s worked in government knows that Uncle Sam spends billions on services with private companies. Conservatives see that and they want a piece of the action — especially Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law. This is the same Jared Kushner who failed his national security background check and turned to a Facebook group to crowdsource ideas on how to fight the coronavirus!

The U.S. government’s response to the coronavirus has been so haphazard that many Americans were probably glad that an insurance company had stepped up to the plate. But on Sunday, I learned from a social media post that Oscar Health has ties to the Kushner family. After doing some research, I confirmed this was true. Later in the day, Raw Story reported that Oscar Health is owned by Joshua Kushner, Jared’s brother.

The government is getting ready to allocate billions of dollars to contain the coronavirus. This includes spending money on vaccines, testing and buying masks. On Friday, March…

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Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @mannyotiko.