It is madness that the US pandemic response is being run the president’s son in law, @michelleinbklyn writes. Kushner has no idea what he’s doing and also no idea that he has no idea. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/opinion/jared-kushner-coronavirus.html

I would only add that outsourcing such jobs to family members is another hallmark of authoritarian governments, who prize loyalty to the Leader over people who can do the job right, because protecting the Leader takes priority over whatever public interest the task involves.