President Trump complained to Gavin Newsom that his daughter Ivanka turned down the chance to be wooed by Tom Brady in favor of Jared Kushner — relaying the tale in front of Kushner himself, according to the Golden State governor’s new memoir.
Newsom, a potential 2028 White House contender, writes in “Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery,” that Trump told him aboard the presidential helicopter, Marine One, that “when Brady was single, the two of them were at a function and Brady expressed an interest in dating his daughter Ivanka.”
“The quarterback asked for her number, and Trump gave it to him,” Newsom continued. “Brady called Ivanka and left a message, but she never called him back. Soon after, Brady related the snub to Trump, who then called his daughter.”
“I said, ‘Jesus, you know, Tom Brady. What the hell is going on? Why aren’t you calling this guy back?’ And she tells me, ‘Oh, I’m in love.’ ‘What do you mean you’re in love?’ And that’s when she mentions, this guy.” Trump said, gesturing to his son-in-law, according to Newsom.
‘”This guy right here. This Kushner guy. I said to Ivanka, ‘Not the guy whose father just got out of prison?’”
Jared’s father Charles Kushner served two years in federal prison after pleading guilty in 2004 to 18 criminal counts, including tax evasion, witness retaliation, and making false campaign contributions.
Trump pardoned the elder Kushner at the end of his first term and appointed him ambassador to France in his second term.
As Newsom recalls, Kushner admitted after a period of “dead air”: “Yes, sir. I know I wasn’t your first choice.”
