Posted on 12/11/2016 4:43:45 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Donald Trump reportedly told Chris Christie he could head Homeland Security or Veterans Affairs, but didn't offer him attorney general.
Christie turned down those opportunities, along with an ambassadorship and a job in the White House, sources told NJ.com.
Christie seemed to be having a public falling out with the president-elect after being demoted from leading Trump's transition team.
Some speculated it was a power play orchestrated by Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner - whose father was jailed by Christie.
Kushner, however, said that he and Christie had buried the hatchet, with sources telling Yahoo that the governor's bridgegate scandal was the problem.
Two of Christie's former aides were found guilty on charges stemming from lane closures of the George Washington Bridge.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie was offered a number of positions within the new Trump administration – though not the gig he wanted, attorney general – and so he turned them all down.
Two sources told NJ.com that Christie could have been Homeland Security secretary, Veterans Affairs secretary, the U.S. ambassador to Italy or a White House adviser. Those same sources said that the New Jersey governor wasn't offered the role of attorney general, which went to Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., one of the earliest cabinet decisions the president-elect made.
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I do so hope you’re right.
Wow - I don’t understand that at all.
For one thing, CC took quite a bit of heat in NJ for siding with Trump early on.
Okay, so AG is out of the question - but DHS is quite an important position. A respectable appointment Governor!
Finally, he would have the chance to be a part of the Second American Revolution; a once in a lifetime opportunity - literally.
Unless there is more to the story, looks to me Mr. Christie allowed his emotions to get the better of him.
Unless Donald Trump comes out and says he offered Christie something, I’m not going to believe it. Anybody can claim they got offered something.
I agree.
Rudy knows too much about clintons. He himself said that it would take a few years to get all the ducks in order.
There are more important issues to focus on within the first 100 days, or 200. With Trump saying right now that it's not important to "Lock her up", he may be putting it on a back burner for now
I believe that something will be done and Rudy will have a big part in it. I don't think he'd be able to do that if he's part of the Cabinet.
“Trump is filling this government with competent men and women...”
I agree wholeheartedly with you for the most part, with the exception of Nikki Haley for UN Ambassador.
She’s a traitor to Amrica, the South, and the Southern Heritage. She’s dumb as a box of rocks and easily swayed by the opinions of others. NH should not have been rewarded for that in any way, shape, or form.
Extremely bad choice imo. Michelle Bachmann (for example)was better suited for the job and more worthy of Amb.
The rest of the picks seem great to me.
Amen. My wife does not like him and Romney. She did not want any of them near Trump’s administration.
Christie has four kids. The youngest is 13 and is still in middle school in New Jersey. I can see why he wouldn’t want to disrupt their lives with a move to Washington.
Yess. I love that flag too. But here is my view on that. She in irrelevant. the u n is irrelevant. He was advised to pick up a female in his administration so he could fill other damn about here. She was a traitor seats with alpha males. I don’give a tinkers damn about the bitch. IO want the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN. We are sovereign.
What?
NEW KEY BOARD . CRAP I HATE IT . IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE.
Here is the corrected:
Yess. I love that flag too. But here is my view on that. She is irrelevant. the u n is irrelevant. Trump was advised to pick up a female in his administration so he could fill other positions with Alpha males. I don’t give a tinkers damn about the bitch. I want the UN out of the US and the US out of the UN. We are a sovereign nation of borders language and religion.
he can now do his job here in NJ. Nothing wrong with that.
Can’t say I’m disappointed. Christie is and always was just a suck-up.
Oh! That would be some fun TV coverage. Make it so!!
Me first!
I love the way you’re thinking on that.
Christie would have been a DISASTER as AG....acting independently to totally sabotage Trump’s immigration and deportation plans.
They still need a Secretary of Doughnuts right?
Yep Crispy Cream is burnt toast politically .... not sure how he “helped” DJT at all. If someone knows fill me in.
Hopefully Chris is gone for good.
I’d either like the Netherlands, Iceland or Denmark jobs. I’d speak my mind and it would mostly against the Muslims, the EU and liberals in Europe...
Some were speculating that Trump was the fickle one in the Christie flap - it would seem that they were wrong....
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