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Photos Of Jared Kushner In Iraq Get Ridiculed Online

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Alex Pfeiffer White House Correspondent
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President Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner visited Iraq Monday at the request of Gen. James Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Kushner visited Iraq in his typical preppy garb and photos of him looking out of place in the wartorn country of Iraq were ridiculed Saturday on Twitter as #KushnerAtWar trended on the social media site.

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump meets with Service Members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump meets with Service Members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, meets with service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, meets with service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

Kushner, who has no foreign policy or military experience, has been tasked with several important issues for the Trump administration such as Middle East peace and liaison to both China and Mexico. White House spokeswoman Hope Hicks told CNN that the goal of Kushner’s visit to Iraq was to get an update on anti-ISIS efforts from U.S. and Iraqi officials.

The Trump son-in-law also reportedly pushed the Trump administration to strike Syria on Thursday, representing a win for the lifelong Democrat over White House chief strategist Steve Bannon.

ERBIL, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tom Bossert, the president's homeland security advisor, and Douglas A. Silliman, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, and Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, Combined Joint Task Force --Operation Inherent Resolve, meet with the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzan near Erbil, Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

ERBIL, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Tom Bossert, the president’s homeland security advisor, and Douglas A. Silliman, U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, and Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander, Combined Joint Task Force –Operation Inherent Resolve, meet with the President of Iraqi Kurdistan Masoud Barzan near Erbil, Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, poses for a photograph with military officials and service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, poses for a photograph with military officials and service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump walks with military officials and service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump walks with military officials and service members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ - APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump meets with Service Members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)

QAYYARAH WEST, IRAQ – APRIL 04: In this handout provided by the Department of Defense (DoD), Jared Kushner, Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump meets with Service Members at a forward operating base near Qayyarah West in Iraq, April 4, 2017. (Photo by Dominique A. Pineiro/DoD via Getty Images)