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SHAQ GOLDSTEIN SAYS: SO YOU WANT US TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING YOU COULDN’T BY DOING IT THE SAME WAY??
Jared Kushner author’s this book… the same way he became way more than the President’s son-in-law. There’s a reason he became the President’s top adviser… on everything from how to maximize social media in planning untold strategies… to brokering multiple middle-east peace deals… that every other historical high ranking and leveraged figure never could! This young man is extremely straight forward… as well as intelligent. He knows when to say no and why… and unlike countless failed negotiators and Kings… Princes… Presidents… Vice-Presidents… et al… he knew when to ask questions… AND LISTEN… in situations that few others did. This story of what it was truly like behind the scenes of Donald Trump’s election and time in office is laid out in such a smooth… intelligent… no-holds-barred format… that the four-hundred-fifty-plus-page book (plus pages of crisp clear color pictures… with interesting historical footnotes) will be read with the type of interest that will make you want to slow down and re-read a few passages as you go… to fully absorb accurately what you just learned… because as sure as I’m typing this review… you’re going to want to quote and discuss these “gems”… WITH FRIENDS AND FOES ALIKE! The author… in my opinion makes a great decision on what he covers right off the bat. If a potential reader is not aware… his Father was convicted and sent to prison by then New Jersey U.S. Attorney Chris Christie. Jared’s family is extremely close and the years his Father was in prison obviously affected Jared for life… and is one of the reasons that along with the Middle East… prison reform and second chances were high on Kushner’s list right along with peace in the Middle-East. When Trump appointed Christie to head up his transition team… it was quite a dramatic moment in time when in a face to face meeting of all involved Trump said: “SO, WE ARE GOOD THEN? JARED REPLIED: “MY FATHER IS GOOD. BETWEEN CHRIS AND ME, IF WE’RE GOING TO WORK TOGETHER, I SHOULD EXPRESS THAT I FELT THE WAY YOU HANDLED MY FATHER’S CASE WAS OVERZEALOUS, AND IT BROUGHT SERIOUS HURT TO ME AND MY FAMILY.” CHRISTIE EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD JUST BEEN DOING HIS JOB, THAT MY DAD HAD COMMITTED A CRIME, AND THAT IT WASN’T PERSONAL. “WELL, RESPECTFULLY, I HAVE A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW ON THAT,” I SAID. IF IT WASN’T PERSONAL FOR YOU, THEN HOW COME YOU CHALLENGED MY FATHER’S RELEASE DATE AFTER HE HAD SERVED HIS SENTENCE? I HOPE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND HOW BRUTAL IT IS FOR A FAMILY TO HAVE A LOVED ONE IN PRISON. THE ONLY SOLACE IS HAVING A DATE WHEN YOUR NIGHTMARE WILL END. WHEN THE PROSECUTOR COMES BACK AND CHALLENGES THE RELEASE DATE, AND IT GETS DELAYED INDEFINITELY, THAT’S DEVASTATING TO A FAMILY. SO DON’T TELL ME IT WASN’T PERSONAL, BECAUSE IF IT WASN’T PERSONAL, YOU WOULD HAVE LET HIM COME HOME ON TIME.” “YOU KNOW, THE CRIME YOUR FATHER COMMITTED WAS TERRIBLE.” CHRISTIE STARTED TO SAY. “THEN TRUMP INTERJECTED: “CHRIS, IT WAS A FAMILY DISPUTE.” This is just a hint of the absolute “gloves-off-bare-knuckle” storytelling of recent political intrigue and… yes… HISTORY BREAKING! Calling a spade a spade as far as “leakers” and back stabbers such as…. Bannon… Tillerson… Priebus… Lewandowski… Manafort… and the total… spineless abandonment of Israel by the Obama administration… are laid out chapter and verse. Jared also makes the reader truly feel the stress and frustration of lives and political accomplishments put on hold or extremely weighed down by the disgusting phony Russian Collusion Hoax. The author also shares and educates readers with his Grandparents escaping the Holocaust. The benefit of much of this early introductory narration… is that you can feel and start to understand not just what makes Jared tick… but what the whole of his soul… that he immerses into the opportunities he has to truly make the world a better place. Being that he always tried to stay in the background during the time he served our President and country… and was totally unlike ninety-five-per-cent of politicians who are “me-me-me”… and have ulterior motives… Jared like President Trump… didn’t need this job to earn money. As someone who is constantly reading my entire life… a key to my enjoyment and my depth of education that I hope to get from each book I read… and how I rate them… is what I have come to call the “AUTHOR’S WRITING STYLE… HIS FLOW… AND… ARTISTIC SIGNATURE”. Unfortunately many authors have no real unique artistry… kind of like an orchestra without any instruments. I really enjoyed many things from Jared… one that I thought was “cute” and kind of endearing was the way… sometimes referring to Donald Trump…as… Trump… or… The President… or… my Father-In-Law… in natural ways based on the storytelling situation. This is definitely not a “fake-news” kind of book… just trying to shock you… it truly comes across as a book that wants to educate you on the tumultuous period of time that it covers.
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