Jared Kushner Beard Photo Mocked

People have been making fun of Jared Kushner after a photo of him sporting a new beard was posted online.

The 43-year-old, previously a senior adviser to his father-in-law, former President Donald Trump, often has a clean-shaven face. However, the last few times he has been spotted, he has had facial hair.

One of the first times Kushner was seen publicly with the beard was when he and his wife, Ivanka Trump, were photographed leaving Nobu, a celebrity hot spot in Miami. Now, a recent picture of him has been shared on X, formerly Twitter, and people haven't been shy of posting what they think.

Newsweek reached out to Kushner's spokesperson for comment via email Tuesday.

Editor-in-Chief at MeidasTouch.com, Ron Filipkowski, shared a picture of Kushner with Ivanka Trump on X, after it had originally been posted to her Instagram account. Filipkowski captioned the photo: "I think Kushner is about maxed out now on his attempt to grow a beard." At the time of writing, his post had been viewed 561,100 times.

People took to the comments to echo Filipkowski's sentiment. "Did he glue some shaving clippings onto his face?" one person asked on X.

"Apparently $2 billion can't buy a full beard," posted another. This comment is in reference to the fact that, six months after leaving the White House, Kushner received a $2 billion investment from a fund led by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a close ally during the Trump administration.

"His beard is as spotty as his financial dealings," another person wrote, alluding to the same investment.

"Awww I feel for him. I grew that same beard in 9th grade," a different X user posted.

A fifth person added alongside cry-laughing emojis: "My son grew a better beard when he was 13!"

While there was criticism on X, people in Ivanka Trump's comment section sang the couple's praises.

"America loves you. And I speak on behalf of everyone in this country," one person posted.

"Keep up the Amazing work, Ivanka & Jared!" added another, while a third person wrote: "Look at you two! Beautiful couple."

In early January, there was renewed criticism of the $2 billion investment that Saudi Arabia gave Kushner's firm after a report alleged that, during his administration, Donald Trump's businesses received millions in foreign payments.

Democratic Congressman Robert Garcia was one of those who accused Kushner of carrying out a "grift" by accepting a $2 billion investment from a fund led by the Saudi crown prince. This was for Kushner's private-equity fund, Affinity Partners, after he left his White House role in January 2021. The investment has frequently raised concerns that the deal amounted to an improper quid pro quo.

The Saudi investment was brought up by Garcia during a discussion on MSNBC of a report from Democrats on the House Oversight Committee. The report said, during Trump's administration, four of his businesses allegedly received payments totaling around $7.8 million from foreign individuals and governments in 20 different countries, including China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

The report, "White House for Sale: How Princes, Prime Ministers, and Premiers Paid Off President Trump," added that Trump "repeatedly and willfully" violated the U.S. Constitution's foreign emoluments clause. The clause prohibits federal officials, including the president, from accepting money or gifts from foreign governments without permission from Congress. Foreign officials had stayed in Trump's company's hotels and apartments in Washington D.C., New York, and Las Vegas.

"The report was only able to get documents from four properties. Donald Trump has hundreds of properties and allied businesses all around the world. So we're getting just a small slice of an enormous corruption grift that we've got to uncover," Garcia said on MSNBC's The ReidOut.

"Think about the amount of corruption in Saudi Arabia," Garcia added. "Jared Kushner gets appointed the lead person in the Middle East, against the desires of his own secretary of state, Trump's Rex Tillerson. He's the main envoy; he puts together a $110 billion arms deal, [and] he starts producing all sorts of deals with the Saudis."

"Then let's not forget, Kushner leaves the White House and, just months later, has a $2 billion investment fund paid by the Saudi government. This is a grift while, at the same time, the Saudi government is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into Trump properties here in D.C. and across the globe."