Let Me Finish

Trump, the Kushners, Bannon, New Jersey, and the Power of In-Your-Face Politics

By: Chris Christie, Ellis Henican

Narrated by: Chris Christie

Length: 10 hrs

Publisher's summary

The instant New York Times best-selling memoir from the outspoken former 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 15 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 listeners 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.

©2019 Chris Christie (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Part autobiography and part firsthand accounting of a presidency, the book...paints Mr. Trump as a phenom who was obviously effective as a candidate--but who has relied on the wrong people and has been ill-served by many advisers, including some members of his family.... Mr. Christie [has] lifted the curtain on some of the most explosive moments of the campaign."—Maggie Haberman, The New York Times

"The former New Jersey governor delivers plenty of jabs at political enemies.... But beneath all the record-correcting and score-settling... he offers a defense of the hyper-confrontational style that first made him famous, and later helped make Trump president."—McKay Coppins, The Atlantic

"If you've been missing the force of Chris Christie's personality since he returned to private life last year, you can now get your fix at full blast from his autobiography, Let Me Finish...a big, loud book."—NPR Book Review

I couldn't stop listening!

I loved it. I was very entertaining. Chris lived it, so his perspective was unique.

WOW

The Governor pulls back the curtain and gives the reader a behind the scenes look at the dynamics and personalities inside the chaotic Trump campaign. Well written, hard hitting and truly fascinating!

Let Me Finish

Great behind the scenes perspective. Loved it. Have me answers to many questions I had.

10 Stars

I remember this part of history vividly So getting specifics and details from behind the scenes and in the perspective of Chris Christy was greatly rewarding. Very entertaining read.

I was skeptical but hopeful

I was skeptical but hopeful that this book would be good. It far surpassed anything I could of imagined!!

Anger and tears

I’m between anger and tears over ‘Let Me Finish’. It’s the first true Trump Administration tell-all, I believe. Christie gives the straight scoop. Some say Woodward’s book ‘Fear’ was first. But ‘Fear’ is based on Steve Bannon’s viewpoint, and ‘Let Me Finish’ contradicts it. I go with Christie on this. Christie’s New Jersey tough guy persona is entertaining and believable. I see him as a bone fide tough guy.

Christie was Trump’s first major Republican Party endorser and was present through the entire campaign. He led the presidential transition team, and all the work it produced was literally trashed. As Christie tells it, we’re all in a big mess because of this - with no end in sight.

Stories of Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and Jared Kushner have the ring of truth. Christie gives the run down on staffers. He shows how Kushner is the main powerbroker at the White House. Everybody who’s been anybody in this administration has enjoyed Kushner’s blessing, however brief it may have been. Trump does the talking; Kushner takes care of business.

My favorite section of the book is on the campaign debate preparations! “Donald was not a mock debate guy,” Christie says. But he came to his senses after the Billy Bush Access Hollywood tape was released. The drama was intense, easy binge listening.

Christie explains why he believes there was no criminal conspiracy with the Russians. Sure, that’s the part everybody's focused on, but it wasn’t climactic for me. No new info on that. The performance makes this a great book, in my opinion.

Job Well Done Mr. Governor

I hope this is not the last we will here from the Governor! The book informed! Enlighten! Entertained!

Again, Job Well Done!

Loved every minute. Get the audiobook.

An entertaining and informative book made even better with the narration by Governor Christie himself. He tells the story and doesn’t sound like he’s just reading. I love behind-the-scenes accounts and I purchased this one because I felt it would be told straight and true. Christie did not disappoint. Read or listen to it now because it’s very current and really well done.

What a surprise

I would never have purchased this book had a friend not recommended it to me. Well.....I thoroughly enjoyed it! It gave me an insight into politics and Chris Christie that I would never have had. Very enlightening!

Let him continue! Loved it and didn't want to stop

Loved hearing the Book In Chris Christie's voice---he kept my attention and I enjoyed hearing his thoughts---he didn't seem to hold back and just what I had hoped---he shot me straight!