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Anonymous ID: 54e85f Jan. 17, 2019, 10 a.m. No.4792544   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2592 >>2598 >>2612 >>2721 >>2728 >>2735

Obamas' 'bestie' Valerie Jarrett tells how the three of them spent gossipy evenings at the White House sipping martinis and nibbling BLTs while trips came with 'cool stuff' like a briefcase full of emeralds and diamonds from the Saudi Arab

Valerie Jarrett details her closeness with Barack and Michelle Obama in her memoir Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward

Jarrett became friends with the Obamas after hiring Michelle in 1991, writing: 'I was like a big sister to them as a couple, and then separately as individuals'

The 62-year-old's bond led President Obama to make her his senior advisor

Her access to the Obamas earned her the nickname of 'Night Stalker' by colleagues who believed she would use nightly chats to influence decisions

But Jarrett writes: 'We did what everybody else does: we talked about our kids, our families and favorite books, movies or TV shows'

Her position allowed her to travel the world with Obama, describing her times spent on Air Force One and jet-setting to the Middle East and Europe

In Saudi Arabia, she found a snakeskin leather briefcase filled with emeralds and diamonds, a necklace, earrings, a ring, two watches, a bejeweled pen

But she notes she had to hand over the extravagant gifts to the State Department

Jarrett admits the Obamas were shattered when Trump won the election and admits she once tried to convince Barack into seeking a third term over martinis

The Obamas' best friend Valerie Jarrett has dished about spending her evenings relaxing and gossiping with Michelle and Barack on the Truman Balcony at the White House and her unfettered access to the former president and first lady in her upcoming memoir.

 

The former senior advisor was even nicknamed 'Night Stalker' by her White House colleagues who believed she would spend her nights at the family's residence whispering into their ears and influencing policy.

But Jarrett insists the threesome were simply chatting about their lives, drinking cocktails and eating open-faced BLT sandwiches prepared by White House chefs and watching movies.

'I was afforded my unique access because I understood that being a friend is being a friend,' writes Jarrett in her upcoming book Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward, to be published on April 2.

The 62-year-old, who was born in Iran to American parents, also describes jet-setting with Obama to the Middle East where the Saudi Arabian king gave her a briefcase full of emeralds and diamonds.

In her memoir, Jarrett fails to mention Roseanne Barr, who lost her rebooted ABC show Roseanne in May of 2018 after the comedienne tweeted that Jarrett looked like the 'Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby'

Jarrett writes: 'I was like a big sister to them as a couple, and then separately as individuals.

 

'It was true that I often went to the residence, a place where few in the White House were invited. There Obamas were my dear friends, in many ways the younger siblings I never had and we had agreed to do this chapter of our lives together.

 

'I loved it in the residence. Weather permitting, we would sit on the Truman Balcony, enjoying the weather and a martini (or two), with delicious hors d'oeuvres prepared by their extraordinary chefs; they used to make the most delicious, mini open-faced BLTs with a hit of sugar.

Jarrett writes that she would often have dinner with Michelle, Barack and their daughters Sasha and Malia in the private dining room redecorated at the Obamas' expense.

After dinner, they'd either move out onto the Truman Balcony, hang out in the West Sitting Parlor or the Yellow Oval Room, or even watch a movie in the private movie theater.

'We did what everybody else does: we talked about our kids, our families and favorite books, movies or TV shows', writes Valerie.

Jarrett says she loved the movie theaters at the White House and Camp David with their 'very comfortable chairs' that came with a blanket, pillow and a footrest in the front row.

 

Obama's favorite movies had complicated plot lines that involved suffering and ended with everyone dying. 'I think the contrast to real life made him feel better', she writes.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6603107/Valerie-Jarrett-tells-sipping-martinis-gossiping-Obamas.html

Anonymous ID: 54e85f Jan. 17, 2019, 10:17 a.m. No.4792735   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2763

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Jarrett admits that while being Senior Advisor to the President came with 'a host of responsibilities, it also came with some cool stuff'.

That included trips to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Germany and Normandy.

 

In Saudi Arabia, they stayed at King Abdullah's ranch where she found a large gift box in her villa that contained a huge, green leather briefcase made from reptile skin and filled with emeralds and diamonds, a necklace, earrings, a ring, two watches, a bejeweled pen.

But of course, she couldn't keep any of the luxury items. It had to be turned over to the State Department.

 

A whirlwind trip to four countries in five days and sleeping all but two nights on Air Force One that wasn't as plush as Valerie had imagined.

She preferred flying on Marine One to Air Force One, which seemed more majestic taking off from the South Lawn and offering unique vantage points of Washington DC.

Obama showed Valerie one of his favorite views from the chopper, which was the Washington Monument just after take off.

She traveled around the world many times but one of her most memorable trips was the visit to Dharamshala in India to meet the Dalai Lama, who was a great influence on Jarrett.

 

Jarrett said on the night of the 2016 elections, she was with the Obamas watching the Marvel superhero movie, Doctor Strange.

 

When exit polls started to come in and the outlook did not seem good for Hillary, Michelle went to bed. Valerie decided to leave Barack alone.

The next morning, 'the election outcome was soul crushing. We were all clearly shattered'.

She admitted once trying to talk Obama into seeking a third term after a second martini.

Moving to the seat next to her and draping one arm over her shoulder, he told her: 'There's more work to do, but there always is. We did our best. It's time for us to go.

 

'And besides, I hear former president is actually the better job'

( i bet, just ask Bill Clinton,about the millions that come rolling in kek)

Jarrett's close relationship with the Obamas began when Michelle walked into the offices of Chicago Mayor Daley's deputy chief of staff in the summer of 1991 hoping for a job in public service, preferring not to practice law.

 

Jarrett offered the 26-year old Chicago native, cum laude graduate of Princeton, Harvard Law alumi, before she left the interview.

She writes she quickly became friends with Michelle and her then fiance Barack, writing: 'Starting with our very first dinner, the three of us gradually developed a very close friendship. After they married in 1992, they moved three blocks away from me, and we spent a lot of time at each other's homes. It was admittedly, an unusual relationship.'

Jarrett bonded with Michelle over their shared Chicago roots, being working professionals and raising children — Valerie had one young girl and an absentee husband who she would later divorce.

 

Her bond with Barack was over the shared 'exotic, far-flung adventures of our childhoods and his interest in politics', she writes.

The Obamas and Valerie were part of a small group on the South Side of Chicago, 'a group of friends so close-knit we felt like family', Jarrett writes.

 

Their friendship was also solidified by Valerie's strong sense of family she inherited from her own father and mother's dedication to raising a close-knit family, as well as Michelle's own experience of growing up with a strong familial structure.

 

When Barack expressed his desire to run for state senator in 1997 and willing to risk failure that could end his political career, Jarrett understood that his courage came from his mother, his grandparents, as well as Michelle.

They believed he could accomplish anything he wanted – and Valerie soon learned he could.