--- title: Donald Trump: Jared Kushner 'Has Become More Famous Than Me' description: President Trump joked that his son-in-law Jared Kushner has become "much more famous than me" canonical: https://time.com/4808098/donald-trump-jared-kushner-famous-comey/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-06-06T20:03:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:05:56.667Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Says Jared Kushner 'Has Become More Famous' Than Him og:description: He said the same thing about former FBI Director James Comey before firing him. og:url: https://time.com/4808098/donald-trump-jared-kushner-famous-comey/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214281c578d52c75/6988d06dbc6cfc10df3e1b54/donald-trump-speech-james-comey-testimony.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5403 og:image:height: 3039 og:image:alt: President Donald Trump og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Says Jared Kushner 'Has Become More Famous' Than Him twitter:description: He said the same thing about former FBI Director James Comey before firing him. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt214281c578d52c75/6988d06dbc6cfc10df3e1b54/donald-trump-speech-james-comey-testimony.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Says Jared Kushner 'Has Become More Famous' Than Him. 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Echoing President Trump's tweets, a White House spokesman blasted "fake news" about the Administration and declined to answer questions about recent reports on Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner._ by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 6, 2017 8:03 PM UTC Echoing President Trump's tweets, a White House spokesman blasted "fake news" about the Administration and declined to answer questions about recent reports on Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner. by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Jun 6, 2017 8:03 PM UTC President Trump joked that his son-in-law [Jared Kushner ](http://time.com/4800796/the-trials-of-jared-kushner/)has become “much more famous than me” while meeting with Congressional leaders on Tuesday. “Jared’s actually become much more famous than me,” he said. “I’m a little bit upset about that.” Kushner came under scrutiny in the probe into whether the [Trump campaign colluded with Russia](http://time.com/4798305/donald-trump-michael-cohen-russia-investigation/) after it was reported in May that he [told](http://time.com/4800796/the-trials-of-jared-kushner/) Russian ambassador to the U.S., Sergey Kislyak that he wanted to open a private communications channel with Moscow. > [](https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/872174017406521344) Trump comments are similar to what he said about former FBI Director James Comey during a law enforcement ceremony in January. “He’s become more famous than me,” Trump said, [inviting Comey for a hug](http://time.com/4786351/james-comey-president-trump-hug-disgusted/). Trump fired Comey on May 9. ## Transcript [00:00] Can you give an example of fake news, Sean? Yeah, [00:02] absolutely. I'll give you an example. Please. Sure, Friday [00:05] the President was having a great discussion at the G7. And [00:08] someone from the BBC and ultimately an incoming [00:11] reporter for the New York Times retweeted that the [00:14] President was being rude by disrespecting the Italian prime [00:17] minister. When in fact you all in everyone of the meetings [00:21] we sit in, watch the President with that one earpiece that [00:23] has been used by other presidents. And yet, the President [00:27] did a great job at NATO. Building stronger bonds, building [00:31] stronger bonds at the G7, increasing America's presence [00:34] around the world. And that's the kind of thing that the BBC, [00:37] and ultimately a reporter that's joining the New York Times [00:40] Push out and perpetuate with no apology. What? You're [00:43] shaking your head here. I mean it's true he didn't. No and [00:45] I'm answering but I think ->> [ CROSSTALK ] [00:48] [ INAUDIBLE ] mistakes? No no but that's just fake. That is [00:51] a fake. [ INAUDIBLE ] [ INAUDIBLE ] Dangers to your trip [00:55] was all over the front page. You're making something out [00:55] of one tweet instead of the- But again [ INAUDIBLE ] you [00:58] guys to defend your mistakes like that. With all due respect [01:02] I was asked to give an example and I did it. [ INAUDIBLE ] [01:06] I gave an answer to Jim. The problem is that I think the [01:10] President, to the question, gets frustrated when he sees [01:12] fake stories get published, things that aren't based on fact. [01:15] And a narrative gets pushed. [ INAUDIBLE ] signficant [01:18] though, that's just- Well, with all due respect, I think when [01:21] you see instances like that get perpetrated over and over [01:24] again That is frustrating. [ CROSSTALK ] No, I didn't come [01:27] here with a list of things, but I think- [ CROSSTALK ] Well, [01:30] thank you, I appreciate it. What, you get to decide what's [01:32] big and what's not. I think there's a lot of this stuff that has [01:35] gotten pushed out based on unnamed, unaccountable [01:38] resources, that is very troubling. And I think when you see [01:41] the same kind of thing happening over and over again, it is [01:44] concerning. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4808098/donald-trump-jared-kushner-famous-comey/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4808098/donald-trump-jared-kushner-famous-comey/"},"headline":"President Trump Says Jared Kushner 'Has Become More Famous' Than Him. 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