Jared Kushner: Most Americans want him out of White House, poll says

WEST LONG BRANCH - Most Americans don't feel good about Jared Kushner being senior adviser to President Donald Trump, a poll found.

American's confidence in Kushner is low following the news that he was stripped of his top-secret security clearance.

A Monmouth University Poll conducted March 2 to 5 surveyed 803 adult Americans and found that 60 percent of them don't think it's a good idea that the president’s son-in-law is working in the White House as an unpaid senior adviser.

Kushner is married to Ivanka Trump.

More than half of Americans, or 55 percent, said it worried them that Kushner had access to top secret information during the past year and would like him to resign.

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About 40 percent of people polled felt the personal financial interests of Trump family members have too much influence on policy decisions made by Trump.

Reports have surfaced that officials in at least four countries "have privately discussed ways they can manipulate Kushner by taking advantage of his complex business arrangements, financial difficulties and lack of foreign policy experience."

Patrick Murray, director of the independent Monmouth University Polling Institute, said many Americans are withholding judgment on possible entanglements between the Trump family business and presidential policymaking.

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"Individual incidents like Kushner’s security clearance or new details from the Russia investigation could chip away at that opinion,” Murray said.

Still, 41 percent of Americans polled said they are not worried about Kushner's access to top-secret information. A little more than one-third are comfortable with Kushner in the White House.

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Shakira Brown, founder of SMB Strategic Media based in Hamilton, said any negativity surrounding Kushner's role in the White House could devalue the Kushner Cos. brand, his family's multibillion-dollar real estate firm.

"If I was a part of the Kushner Cos. marketing team it would concern me to see his name with breaking news associated with the Russan investigation," said Brown. "I would advise changing the company's name."

Kushner Cos. is well known as the shore. The New York-based company has part ownership of Monmouth Mall in Eatontown, a project it is trying to redevelop by adding hundreds of apartments.

Kushner Cos. also ownership stake in Pier Village in Long Branch, where new construction has begun that will add million dollar beachfront condos and two hotels. Watch the groundbreaking in the above video.

Since taking his White House position Jared Kushner has stepped back from his role in Kushner Cos. He sold his stake at Monmouth Mall but his disclosure forms still list as assets property in Pier Village.

Dan Radel: Twitter@danielradelapp; 732-643-4072; dradel@gannettnj.com