Newt is not interested in a cabinet post. Too much work. He likes to travel and make money giving speeches and being a FOX News pundit.
Rudy had his pick of Attorney General, Homeland Security, Director of National Intelligence. He refused to be considered and said Secretary of State or I’m not interested. That’s not how you talk to the President Elect. You don’t give him ultimatums.
He got Christie’d. ‘Thanks for the support but I can’t afford to let you mess me up’
That tells me Rudy is pretty much of the same mind as Newt...running the Justice Dept. or something that would require a herculean effort to clean up and manage is not something he’s interested in at this stage of life. Plus I don’t see Rudy as being qualified as the kind of negotiator Trump wants.
I think he is seeing the end of nation-building and “savior of the world” at least for free. Which brings it all down to negotiating better deals for defending other countries (as he has said consistently in the campaign) as well as for trade. Any CEO would be better at that than Rudy or nearly any other politician since their careers have been built on compromising.