Let Me Finish
Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics
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4.2 • 181 Ratings
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- $11.99
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Publisher Description
The instant New York Times-bestselling memoir from the outspoken current Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey governor--an "explosive" (Guardian) "must read" (Hugh Hewitt) account of Chris Christie's life in politics including his "not to miss" (Entertainment Weekly) insights into Donald Trump.
After dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, Chris Christie stunned the political world by becoming the first major official to endorse Donald Trump. A friend of Trump's for fifteen years, the two-term New Jersey governor understood the future president as well as anyone in the political arena--and Christie quickly became one of Trump's most trusted advisers. Tapped with running Trump's transition team, Christie was nearly named his running mate. But within days of Trump's surprise victory over Hillary Clinton, Christie was in for his own surprise: he was being booted out.
In Let Me Finish, Christie sets the record straight about his tenure as a corruption-fighting prosecutor and a Republican running a Democratic state, as well as what really happened on the 2016 campaign trail and inside Trump Tower. Christie takes readers inside the ego-driven battles for Trump's attention among figures like Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowksi, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway, Jeff Sessions, and Paul Manafort. He shows how the literal trashing of Christie's transition plan put the new administration in the hands of self-serving amateurs, all but guaranteeing the Trump presidency's shaky start. Christie also addresses hot-button issues from his own years in power, including what really went down during Bridgegate. And, for the first time, Christie tells the full story of the Kushner saga: how, as a federal prosecutor, Christie put Jared Kushner's powerful father behind bars--a fact Trump's son-in-law makes Christie pay for later.
Packed with news-making revelations and told with the kind of bluntness few politicians can match, Christie's memoir is an essential guide to understanding the Trump presidency.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The former New Jersey governor and advisor to Donald Trump ruminates on a litany of political slights in this rancorous memoir. Christie recounts his exploits as New Jersey's Republican U. S. attorney and then governor, celebrated for his tough-talking, man-of-the-people style. ("'Go ahead,' he told Democrats when they threatened to close down state government in a dispute over taxes. 'I'll order a pizza. I'll open a beer. And I'll watch the Mets until you reopen the government.'") The book's second half chronicles the humiliations Christie endured as an advisor on longtime friend Donald Trump's presidential run: first he's denied the vice-presidential nomination, and when the Republican National Committee chairmanship is dangled and then snatched away, he explodes ("this is bullshit!"). Christie paints venomous scenes of Trump's chaotic campaign and pillories rivals in the Trump organization, including Steve Bannon ("a fraud, a nobody, and a liar") and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who, he alleges, got Christie fired from the chairmanship of the transition team in revenge for Christie's prosecution of Kushner's father for a blackmail attempt involving a prostitute and a sex tape. (Per Christie, Bannon told him, "if you want to survive around here, you've got to agree with the kid 95 percent of the time.") Energized by seething resentments, Christie's memoir is a lively, swaggering, thin-skinned portrait of Trumpian politics by an accomplished practitioner.
Customer Reviews
True Jersey Frank Speak
This was a well written book that was hard to put down. Start to finish it told a gripping New Jersey success story. Detailed recollections, true stories warts and all.
Very informative, hopefully he's finished.
Very informative tome from a career politician. What's the tone of this tome, you ask? In a word, bitter. He really shouldn't be, in my opinion. As he explicates throughout this extended piece of dross, he's got a lot of people to thank and that have his back.
Basically, the book serves as a barometer of truth. It's like when we used to play "Opposite Day" back in school. Everything he says, you should believe the oppositeu. But I paid the $13 whatever for the digital edition. If there's an audiobook version that he reads, I'll skip that. I almost fell asleep during the early book. He's a legend in his own mind - but aren't we all? Anyway Mr. Christie, keep enjoying your crush on Bruce Springsteen. (Hey, we understand! My mother had one too).
Anticipating
I loathe trump and everyone connected to him. I’ve purchased James Comey’s book, Michelle Obama’s book, Michael Wolfs, and even Omarosa’s. I’m pretty sure I’ll purchase this one as well.