Breaking History: A White House Memoir

In his instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Jared Kushner recounts what happened behind closed doors during the Trump presidency.

Few White House advisers have had such an expansive portfolio or constant access to the president as senior advisor Jared Kushner. From his office next to Trump, 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, investigations, and West Wing infighting.A riveting historical account, 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 fifty years, earned him a nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize.