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Jared Kushner was one of the most consequential presidential advisers in modern history. For the first time, he recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidency.
Few White House advisors have had such an expansive portfolio or constant access to the president. From his office next to Trump, senior adviser Jared Kushner operated quietly behind the scenes, preferring to leave the turf wars and television sparring to others.
Now, Kushner finally tells his story—a fast-paced and surprisingly candid account of how an earnest businessman with no political ambitions found himself pulled into a presidency that no one saw coming.
Breaking History takes readers inside debates in the Oval Office, double-crosses at the United Nations, tense meetings in Arab palaces, high-stakes negotiations, and the daily barrage of leaks, false allegations, investigations, and West Wing infighting.
A true historical thriller, this book is not your typical political memoir. Kushner details Washington’s intense resistance to change and reveals how he broke through the stalemates of the past. An outsider among outsiders, Kushner was a results-driven executive among beltway power brokers. He questioned old assumptions and delivered unprecedented results on trade, criminal justice reform, production of COVID-19 vaccines, and Middle East peace. His successful negotiation of the Abraham Accords, the most significant diplomatic breakthrough in 50 years, earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Written by one of the few people by Trump’s side from his trip down the golden escalator to his final departure from Andrews Air Force Base, Breaking History provides the most honest, nuanced, and definitive understanding of a presidency that will be studied for generations.
About the author.
Jared Kushner is the founder of Affinity Partners, a global investment firm. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump, and before that, as CEO of Kushner Companies. He also co-founded two technology companies, Cadre and WiredScore. In 2015, he was named to Fortune's 40 under 40, and in 2017 was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2018, Jared received the Aztec Eagle Award, Mexico’s highest honor, for his work on the USMCA trade agreement. He was given a presidential citation for helping to architect Operation Warp Speed, which produced COVID vaccines in record time. In recognition of his success negotiating the Abraham Accords, Jared received the National Security Medal, the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite from King Mohammed VI of Morocco, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in Florida with his wife Ivanka and three children.
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Jared Kushner is the founder of Affinity Partners, a global investment firm. Previously, he served as senior adviser to President Donald J. Trump, and before that, as CEO of Kushner Companies. He also cofounded two technology companies, Cadre and WiredScore. In 2015, he was named to Fortune’s 40 under 40, and in 2017 was named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People. In 2018, Jared received the Aztec Eagle Award, Mexico’s highest honor, for his work on the USMCA trade agreement. He was given a presidential citation for helping to architect and manage Operation Warp Speed, which produced COVID-19 vaccines in record time. In recognition of Jared's success negotiating the Abraham Accords, Israel planted the Kushner Garden of Peace in the Grove of Nations outside Jerusalem. He also received the National Security Medal, the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, the Grand Cordon of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite from King Mohammed VI of Morocco, and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He lives in Florida with his wife, Ivanka, and three children.
“Now 41, Kushner was involved in brokering Trump’s US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement and drafting and passing the 2018 First Step Act that included prison and criminal sentencing reforms. He helped lead the White House COVID-19 response in 2020 and led efforts to broker diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab countries during the final months of Trump’s term.”—New York Post
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After staying largely out of sight, the former president’s wife and his eldest daughter joined him as he accepted the Republican nomination. But his youngest son did not.
By Rebecca Davis O’Brien and Michael Gold
Reporting from Milwaukee
The tableau of Trump family unity was nearly complete.
Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, followed former President Donald J. Trump into FiServ Forum on Thursday night. Melania Trump entered later, alone, to Beethoven’s Ninth and rapturous applause. And when his 90-minute speech came to an end, the two most visible women in Mr. Trump’s life — who have avoided the campaign trail this time — joined him onstage.
Missing from the celebratory scene at the Republican National Convention: the youngest Trump son, 18-year-old Barron.
Barron Trump has always been somewhat removed from his father’s political life: Melania Trump has fiercely protected her son’s privacy. He graduated in May from a private school in South Florida, an event Mr. Trump attended during his criminal trial in Manhattan.
A week before that, Barron was chosen as a Florida delegate to the convention. For a moment, it seemed Barron might wade into politics — but just two days later, his mother “regretfully” declined on his behalf, citing other commitments.
On July 9, he showed up in the crowd at a rally in Doral, Fla., where Mr. Trump called to him from the stage .
Though Barron did not appear in the audience Thursday, Mr. Trump gave him a shout-out anyway, as he heaped praise on his family. In a baritone growl, he said: “Everybody loves Barron!” The other Trump children, and the audience, laughed.
The former president’s other relatives were fixtures of the convention. Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump each spoke in prime time, as did Lara Trump, Eric’s wife, who is the co-chair of the Republican Party. Donald Jr.’s teenage daughter, Kai, spoke Wednesday night , after her father’s longtime fiancée, Kimberly Guilfoyle. And Tiffany Trump, Mr. Trump’s youngest daughter, was in the audience on Monday.
Mr. Trump’s wife and his eldest daughter did not appear until Thursday night.
Ivanka Trump, 42, introduced Mr. Trump at the Republican conventions in 2016 and 2020. She was a senior adviser to her father in the White House. But she said at the outset of his current campaign that she would not be involved.
Ms. Trump, a mother of three, has focused on family life and has not appeared on the campaign trail. She sat and held hands with Mr. Kushner, who was also an adviser in the Trump White House. But their children were not among the youngest generation of Trumps who had cameos throughout the week.
Melania Trump, whose politics and relationship with her husband have long drawn considerable interest, has largely opted out of this campaign. Her last known political appearance with him was when they went together to cast their primary ballots on Super Tuesday in March. The next week, he clinched the nomination.
Rebecca Davis O’Brien covers campaign finance and money in U.S. elections. She previously covered federal law enforcement, courts and criminal justice. More about Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Michael Gold is a political correspondent for The Times covering the campaigns of Donald J. Trump and other candidates in the 2024 presidential elections. More about Michael Gold
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Kai Trump, 17, stands with her dad Donald Trump Jr., son of former U.S. President Donald Trump on stage on the third day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 17, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption
For more updates from the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, head to the NPR Network's live updates page .
Former President Trump’s oldest granddaughter, Kai Trump, delivered a short but personal testament to her grandfather on the RNC stage Wednesday night.
"I'm speaking today to share the side of my grandpa that people don't often see," she said. "To me, he's just a normal grandpa. He gives us candy and soda when our parents aren't looking. He always wants to know how we're doing in school."
Trump beamed throughout his granddaughter's speech. The appearance adds to a growing list of individuals, mostly women, who have shown viewers a more personal side of the former president.
"Even when he's going through all these court cases, he always asks me how I'm doing. He always encourages me to push myself to be the most successful person I can be," she said. "Obviously, he sets the bar pretty high, but who knows, maybe one day I'll catch him."
It was a notable first moment for the next generation of Trumps.
In an introduction by her father, Donald Trump Jr., the oldest son of the former president, he said it was her "first time ever on a stage" and "first time ever giving a speech."
Kai is the eldest daughter of Donald Trump Jr. and his ex-wife, Vanessa Trump. She just turned 17 and will not be old enough to vote this year.
An avid golfer, she recently posted a photo on Instagram of her standing beside her grandfather after winning a tournament at the Trump International Palm Beach golf course.
She offered words of support for Trump in a post after the assassination attempt against him on Saturday. Alongside a photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist in the air moments after the shooting, she wrote: “We love you Grandpa. Never stop fighting!”
U.S. former President and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump Monday night. Behind him (L-R) Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jr., Eric Trump and Lara Trump. ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
So far, three of Trump's five children — Donald Jr., Tiffany and Eric — have been seen at the 2024 Republican National Convention. And Eric’s wife, Lara (who is also the co-chair of the RNC this year,) gave the keynote speech Tuesday night . Kimberly Guilfoyle, Don Jr.'s fiancée, is expected to speak tonight and Kai's mom Vanessa Trump has been seen in at the RNC Wednesday supporting her daughter.
Ivanka and Jared Kushner
Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have yet to make an appearance at the RNC this year, despite them both serving as senior advisers during Trump’s presidency.
Ivanka released a statement on social media in 2022 explaining her departure from politics.
“I do not plan to be involved in politics,” she said on Instagram Stories. “While I will always love and support my father, going forward I will do so outside the political arena.”
Melania and Barron
Trump has been married to his wife Melania since 2005. She has also been absent from her husband’s current presidential campaign. Her office did release a statement in May, a day after her son Barron's name appeared on a list of Florida delegates, that he would not be a delegate after all due to “prior commitments.” Barron was seen in Miami last week at a campaign rally for his father.
When asked about Ivanka and Melania in an interview with CBS earlier today, Eric said they "will be coming in." One possibility is for when Trump formally accepts the GOP nomination on Thursday night.
This reporting originally appeared as part of the NPR Network's live coverage of the RNC .
With reporting from NPR's Bria Suggs.
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In this lengthy book, Kushner recounts the time he spent in the White House during his father-in-law's term. ... BREAKING HISTORY A White House Memoir By Jared Kushner 492 pages. Broadside Books ...
Jared Kushner served as a senior adviser to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post) Review by Elizabeth Spiers. August 26, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT. All ...
I've Read Nearly All the Books by Former Trump Officials. Now We Have the Worst. Breaking History is the "Look, Daddy!" account of a child born on third and desperate to prove he got there ...
Breaking History: A White House Memoir, Jared Kushner, Broadside Books, 512 pp., $35, August 2022. Unfortunately, the book offers neither a thoughtful reflection on the Trump team's encounter ...
by Jared Kushner. Broadside, 492 pp., $35.00. It's a hallmark of countless films about the mafia: the craving for respectability, the yearning for legitimacy, the desire to go clean. The ur-scene is from The Godfather, when Don Corleone tells his youngest son and heir apparent, "I never wanted this for you," and rattles off the jobs he ...
Last Wednesday, The New York Times ran a review of Jared Kushner's memoir, Breaking History, in which the paper of record essentially told millions of people that if it came down to reading the ...
- Michael Goodwin, New York Post THE TIMES OF ISRAEL "Jared Kushner's book "Breaking History" is not just a best seller but is a memoir that challenges the groupthink class of political pundits who made Trump bashing into an art form. . . a read that not only enlightens but opens the door to the broken process we call Washington, and one person ...
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Jared Kushner with Donald Trump, at the White House, July 2017 Credit: AP Photo This is a landmark in publishing: the first book by a senior Trump figure that wasn't written under caution.
Jared Kushner's memoir, Breaking History, will be released on August 23. ... In a historically savage review published on Wednesday, book critic Dwight Garner writes that, ...
512pp. Broadside. £25 (US $35). Last month, a week or so before the publication of Jared Kushner's memoir of his four years in the Donald Trump White House, the New York Times, disregarding the book's tight embargo, slaughtered it mercilessly. For many liberals the Times review became the publishing event, rather than the book itself.
The first major review for Breaking History—odious lickspittle Jared Kushner's memoir about his tenure at the Trump White House—has dropped, and it is a doozy.. Published by Broadside Books (a lamentable neocon imprint of Harper Collins which boasts a stable full of prize grievance ponies like Charlie Kirk, Tomi Lahren, Ben Shapiro, and Dinesh D'Souza), Breaking History is billed as ...
A true historical thriller, this book is not your typical political memoir. Kushner details Washington's intense resistance to change and reveals how he broke through the stalemates of the past. ... Jared Kushner is the founder of Affinity Partners, a global investment firm. Previously, he served as Senior Advisor to President Donald J. Trump ...
The New York Times on Wednesday published a scathing review of Jared Kushner. 's upcoming memoir. "Reading this book reminded me of watching a cat lick a dog's eye goo," Dwight Garner, a ...
Jared Kushner has not impressed New York Times book critic Dwight Garner with his new release, "Breaking History: A White House Memoir.". But Kushner's literary failure has unintentionally given us one truly delightful read, in the form of Garner's review of the nearly 500-page tome. It is a brutal summation of Kushner's legacy as the ...
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Jared Kushner has penned an "earnest and soulless" memoir, writes the Times' book critic, and that's actually one of the kinder comments to be found in the absolutely savage review.
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All the Juicy Gossip From Jared Kushner's Book. Ivanka Trump married a man who, in many ways, appears to be the total opposite of her father, though they are both scions of wealthy real-estate ...
The New York Times' review of Jared Kushner's "Breaking History: A White House Memoir" pulled no punches. Reviewer Dwight Garner called the book "a slog" and "a queasy-making book," comparing it to a tour of a demolished mansion that "focuses solely on, and rejoices in, what's left amid the ashes." He adds that the writing is akin to "a college ...
Jared Kushner, who is not ... trading in timeworn Judeo-Bolshevik conspiracy theories," wrote historian David Nasaw in his 2020 book "The Last Million," "suggested that those who had lived ...
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Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner have been together for over a decade.. The daughter of former President Donald Trump and his former senior advisor first met in 2007 and got married in 2009. Since ...
She will also be joined by two other Trump family members who have been absent from the campaign: Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, according to CNN's Trump correspondent Kristen Holmes.
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Ivanka Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, followed former President Donald J. Trump into FiServ Forum on Thursday night. Melania Trump entered later, alone, to Beethoven's Ninth and rapturous ...
Ivanka and Jared Kushner Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner have yet to make an appearance at the RNC this year, despite them both serving as senior advisers during Trump's presidency.