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The instant New York Timesbestselling memoir from the outspoken former governoran explosive (Guardian) must read (Hugh Hewitt) account of Chris Christies 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 Trumps for fifteen years, the twoterm New Jersey governor understood the future president as well as anyone in the political arenaand Christie quickly became one of Trumps most trusted advisers. Tapped with running Trumps transition team, Christie was nearly named his running mate. But within days of Trumps 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 corruptionfighting 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 egodriven battles for Trumps attention among figures like Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowksi, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway, Jeff Sessions, and Paul Manafort. He shows how the literal trashing of Christies transition plan put the new administration in the hands of selfserving amateurs, all but guaranteeing the Trump presidencys shaky start. Christie also addresses hotbutton 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 Kushners powerful father behind barsa fact Trumps soninlaw makes Christie pay for later.Packed with newsmaking revelations and told with the kind of bluntness few politicians can match, Christies memoir is an essential guide to understanding the Trump presidency.
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The instant New York Timesbestselling memoir from the outspoken former governoran explosive (Guardian) must read (Hugh Hewitt) account of Chris Christies 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 Trumps for fifteen years, the twoterm New Jersey governor understood the future president as well as anyone in the political arenaand Christie quickly became one of Trumps most trusted advisers. Tapped with running Trumps transition team, Christie was nearly named his running mate. But within days of Trumps 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 corruptionfighting 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 egodriven battles for Trumps attention among figures like Steve Bannon, Corey Lewandowksi, Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway, Jeff Sessions, and Paul Manafort. He shows how the literal trashing of Christies transition plan put the new administration in the hands of selfserving amateurs, all but guaranteeing the Trump presidencys shaky start. Christie also addresses hotbutton 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 Kushners powerful father behind barsa fact Trumps soninlaw makes Christie pay for later.Packed with newsmaking revelations and told with the kind of bluntness few politicians can match, Christies memoir is an essential guide to understanding the Trump presidency.
