Since taking a job with his father-in-law in 2017, Jared Kushner has failed to accomplish nearly all of the many tasks he has assigned himself, from solving the opioid crisis to overhauling the government’s I.T. infrastructure to “reinventing” the entire executive branch. U.S. officials warned last year that Kushner was getting bamboozled by at least four countries that believed his “lack of foreign-policy experience” made him an easy mark. Trade negotiations with China, a nation he was supposed to be bolstering relations with, have unraveled. His friendship with Mohammed bin Salman got bone-sawed. A top Palestinian negotiator recently called the First Son-in-Law a glorified “real-estate agent.”

Kushner’s name might not come to mind, then, when picturing a political strategist with the requisite skills, experience, and influence to end the government shutdown, now in its second month. But, possessed of the same delusional self-confidence that’s led him to reckon he’s going to be the guy to finally bring peace the Middle East, the Boy Prince of New Jersey apparently believes he’s just days away from getting the Democrats to crack.

The Washington Post reports that Kushner, “fueled by a burst of self-confidence following his help in passing criminal-justice legislation”—which, as a refresher, had wide bipartisan support—has recently “thrust” himself in the middle of shutdown talks, positive that he will be the dealmaker to break the impasse while somehow also getting Donald Trump his wall:

Repeatedly assuring Trump that he can personally strike a deal with Democrats, Kushner has overshadowed other advisers in a largely empty West Wing this month. He usually huddles to discuss strategy each morning with the president, Vice President Pence and a few others, White House aides said.

Convinced that Senate Democrats will eventually crack and that there are votes for a bipartisan agreement, Kushner has urged the president to dig in while also adjusting his position as his popularity suffers in public polls, according to a person close to him and White House officials.

According to the Post, “Kushner’s imprint” was all over the president’s offer to Democrats last weekend, which Nancy Pelosi immediately rejected. Yet the First Son-in-Law is unbowed, telling advisers that he has “solid relationships with several Democrats” and “can sell a compromise” to moderate lawmakers “with whom he built a rapport while working on the criminal-justice bill.” Except there’s one small flaw in that plan: