Trump meets with Chris Christie to discuss chief of staff role

[highplainsdem]

Source: Axios

President Trump met with Chris Christie on Thursday evening and considers him a top contender to replace John Kelly as chief of staff, according to a source familiar with the president’s thinking.

“He’s tough; he’s an attorney; he’s politically-savvy, and one of Trump’s early supporters."

Behind the scenes: Trump has met with a couple of others, but the way he’s discussed Christie to confidants make them think he’s serious. His legal background may come in handy next year.

Between the lines: Christie is used to being a principal, and it’s unclear how he’ll handle playing second fiddle. Also, he is not a friend of the Kushners. (As U.S. attorney for New Jersey, Christie sent Jared’s father to prison.)

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Read more: https://www.axios.com/trump-met-with-chris-christie-to-discuss-chief-of-staff-role-684f9465-a6ea-4a80-9df3-2d91ba67cf35.html

[Dave Starsky]

1. Even Chris Christie isn't that stupid.

No one wants this job.

[Control-Z]

5. Yeah, but Christie's been drooling over the presidential

office for forever. He may realize CoS to the maggot is the closest he'll ever get.

[salin]

18. Yes he is (that stupid) cuz - ego. But - no way Trump picks Christie over Jared.

Because it would be smarter to pick Christie than Jared - so he does the opposite thing.

Christie - as flawed as he is - understands the political process. Jared just understands self-interest.

That said - either pick will inevitably facilitate the collapse of this fiasco of a WH/Presidency.

[DoctorJoJo]

2. Just When You Thought Chris Crispie Couldn't Fall Any Further, ....

[LoisB]

3. I don't think he'll pass the Jarvaka test.

[George II]

11. Christie successfully prosecuted and sent Jared's father to jail years ago.

[keithbvadu2]

4. The same Christie who Donald earlier humiliated

[djacq]

6. Bridgegate wasn't enough?

This is what a Governor does with a 17% approval rating;

[link:https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=undefined&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwiKys7bpZ7fAhWFZd8KHflnCpgQzPwBCAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F07%2F03%2Fnyregion%2Fchris-christie-beach-new-jersey-budget.html&psig=AOvVaw3PjcZeFdX3pSwhxOnOOUKL&ust=1544841642154410|

[DURHAM D]

7. He will take it as long as he has control over tunnels and bridges. nt

[Hoyt]

8. Christie will try to convince trump he can improve his image. He'll suggest that the two of them

can turn it around. I gave up long ago HOPING trump would somehow try to do better. But, really that is his only hope.

If -- and it is a YOUG IF -- somehow he improves his image, Christie will take credit. trump will bow out of 2020, and Christie will run.

I think I'm having a nightmare.

[SergeStorms]

16. The only way Christie cam improve Trump's image...

is if he stands next to him in profile. Trump might look slightly thinner than Christie, but it'll be damned close.

[Hoyt]

24. LOL. It's a start. But, we're talking two white wing politicians who don't have

an alternative, unless they are just resigned to leave office in disgrace (Christie needs one more chance at politics).

trump’s best, and perhaps only, chance of getting out of this is getting more people to believe he’s doing a decent job. I think it’s too late, and he’s too stupid, hateful, and destined to be the brunt of jokes for a hundred years, but that’s his only chance.

[PJMcK]

37. Trump cannot get out of his troubles

He committed the crimes. The investigators have been digging deeply for a year and a half. Indictments have been issued, pleas negotiated and trials with convictions have occurred.

Trump is trapped. He can't escape.

[Hoyt]

45. But if he has a decent level of support, Congress will do nothing. And if he were indicted, it's

unlikely a jury could be impaneled that doesn't include enough white wing "patriots" to hang the jury.

Not my preference, but what I think the odds are of anything happening to trump other than being ruined and shamed.

[tinrobot]

9. They can eat fast food for lunch together!

[UpInArms]

29. Or hang out at the beach

[thesquanderer]

10. Supposedly, he really wanted Christie for VP...

...until Manafort maneuvered Pence into the job.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-offered-chris-christie-vice-president-role-before-mike-pence/

[jpak]

12. They are negotiating whether Christie can have 2 scoops or 3...

[SCVDem]

13. Back to empty barrels, eh? nt

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

14. So goes the Trump show lol

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/will-chris-christie-get-the-last-laugh-opinion/ar-BBQOxf5

Will Chris Christie get the last laugh? (Opinion)

With Vice President Mike Pence's chief of staff, Nick Ayers, declining to serve as the new minder for President Donald Trump (known in some quarters as Individual-1), the new game in Washington seems to be a version of hot potato. The effort to fill the job has led to the ironic, if perhaps unlikely, possibility that former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, whom Trump has disrespected in the past, might be asked to fill the post.
One after another, other potential candidates for White House chief of staff are saying, "Don't look at me," and it's becoming clear that Trump has degraded the value of yet another element of the national power structure.

Previously held by the likes of James Baker III and Leon Panetta, the job that John Kelly will vacate at the end of this month has traditionally been regarded as one of the most important in the world. Chiefs have generally enjoyed more engagement with the president than anyone else on his staff. So, if Kelly's role is vacant in the new year, it would be a problem.
As President, and previously as a New York businessman, Trump has been the kind of boss whom accomplished, self-possessed men and women would learn to avoid. A bully with a penchant for wild claims and ethically dubious schemes, he has a tendency to bring out the worst in those around him.



To cut to the chase the bottom line ! the full article at link


One might think that Christie would answer speculation about his coming to the White House with a New Jersey-style "fuggedaboutit." However, by letting the idea breathe he may actually be putting himself in a no-lose situation: If he waits for an actual offer, he can reclaim his dignity by turning it down, or he can take it and create the appearance that Trump needs him for political survival.
Who would have thought that as Trump turned the chief of staff's job into a kind of booby prize he was also empowering Chris Christie? No one did. But with this most-unlikely President, such a bizarre turn makes a perverse kind of sense.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

15. Jared got him kicked off the transition team because

he hates Christie, who as US Attorney in NJ sent his father to prison, and so might quash the whole idea. And although Christie is a major douche, he's never been accused of being stupid - so is he desperate enough for a WH job to walk into that snake pit? Is he arrogant enough to think he can save Trump from himself?

[klook]

27. Pretty hilarious, isn't it?

I can't afford this much popcorn.

[The empressof all]

17. Could be a Hail Mary for Christie to redeem himself...

If he can't control Trump in short order he will compile the info to bring to Congress. Christie could turn this into a Win Win either way. For someone so out in the weeds in the Party.....He really has few options to get back in the game. Christie is always out for Christie but if he could come out smelling like a rose doing something "good" he can only benefit I doubt Trump will offer him the job though. This interview and release of the info is all for show. He gets to fuck with Kushners head for a bit and it makes Trump look less desperate.

[Freethinker65]

19. Christie will turn Trump down, but perhaps offer to run as VEEP in 2020

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

23. That's possible freethinker

Thing of it is ,Christie considers himself a master at political maneuvering. Many believe and have believed all along that Trump will not finish out one term. Christie no doubt is of that particular belief. And as it is, things are looking pretty bad for Trump as his past and present misdeed's are catching up to him. Trump's first choice for replacement c.o.s. Pence's guy is interesting because Trump doesn't trust Pence and would like to know everything his guy knows about Pence's secret agenda. lol.


Christie would like Pence's job before the elections in view of his belief Trump will resign. Speculation indeed ,but fact is Christie is a dirty dog. And the only way into the oval office he can see is through the back door, same back door Trump exits out of.


On the flip view, the political climate has fallen out of republican favor and with a 20 year history with Trump,Christie may be seeing the writing on the wall. Declining would simply be saving face even though he has not face because he lost it.

[They_Live]

20. I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.

But I can easily see the potential for continued disaster and comedy gold.

[RainCaster]

21. Me dog said she is on the short list

Makes sense

[BHDem53]

22. Could be great news

for the local KFC.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

31. +1

[dalton99a]

25. Signing bonus: All you can eat meatloaf

[klook]

26. "It looks like a squashed mushroom, and it's about this big..."

[NO TO FASCISM]

28. What a joke this is. nt

[lunasun]

30. as if the entire WH staff isn't weird enough already add 1 more nit wit

[LiberalLovinLug]

34. Like Ted Cruz, he was insulted and belittled in public but groveled then and will grovel now

lol. Christie gets the last laugh (though never in front of his master). Trump toyed with him early on with rumours of him as his running mate, you could tell he loved watching Christie skirm in moments like this, before crushing his dreams and telling him to f off. But they always crawl back.

I'm watching the Netflix series The Exorcist. If there were real possessed people they'd look a lot like these sycophants. Character is very low on their priority list for themselves, or who they work for to gain wealth or power.

[elleng]

32. Can't imagine that working,

but would like to see them try!!!

[Mars and Minerva]

33. Perfect! Maybe now Christie will finally get sent to the Hoosegow...

where he surely belongs.

[rocktivity]

35. ...(A)ccording to a source familiar with the president's thinking...

“He’s tough; he’s an attorney; he’s politically-savvy, and one of Trump’s early supporters."

If Prez Duh Donald truly believes that, it's more evidence that he isn't thinking.


rocktivity

[Ellipsis]

36. ...

https://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2018/01/we_ranked_the_best_40_christie_beach_memes_of_2017_did_your_favorite_make_it.html

[ZZenith]

39. Holy shit, is that funny. Thanks!

[wishstar]

38. Trump is thinking maybe Christie can save him the way Christie survived Bridgegate

Like grabbing on to keep afloat as the Titanic is sinking

[RandiFan1290]

40. Doompa dee doo!

[Moostache]

54. Trump should listen to the Oompa Loompas...to wit:

Oompa Loompa doompadee doo
I've got another puzzle for you
Oompa Loompa doompadah dee
If you are wise you'll listen to me

What do you get from a glut of TV?
A pain in the neck and an IQ of three
Why don't you try simply reading a book?
Or could you just not bear to look?

[gademocrat7]

41. The debacle continues.

[Vinca]

42. I'm no fan of Christie, but I can't see him tarnishing what's left of his reputation by doing this.

In addition, you're pretty much guaranteed to go broke paying new legal bills if you sign on to this criminal enterprise.

[Scarsdale]

43. Plus Christie

has that gig on "Press the Meat" on Sunday mornings, as a consultant. He would have to give that up. Of course he could get TV time as CoS, but it is a full time job, catering to tRump. Not to mention this would only be as a temp. until the charges start dropping onto tRump.

[Nitram]

44. I'd love it if Trump hired Christie for the job and then Christie screwed him.

But Christie is as much of an ass-kissing wimp loser as Trump is.

[laserhaas]

46. This is former NJ US Attorney Christie who prosecuted 130 Dems

During the era as NJ US Attorney, Chris Christie was prosecuting people for bullshit, even before they were elected into office.

130 political prosecutions - mostly Dems

http://newjersey.news12.com/story/34886560/christie-steps-down-as-us-attorney

[laserhaas]

47. Not only that, Christie gave a crook money and set him on Bribery spree

As NJ US Attorney, Chris Christie let off east, Solomon Dwek, from $50 million fraud and brothers owner charges, whilst giving Dwek $10,000 per month and sending out Dwek to entrap Dems for taking improper campaign $$$

It was absurd that Chris Christie let Dwek off easy to utilize him - not to get other $50 million dollar crooks; but, to set up people for $25,000 bribes Dwek initiated.

[laserhaas]

48. This is Chris Christie who gave $50 million to USAG Ashcroft

IMO, it was an open - Brown Bag - double dealing, when NJ US Attorney coined a new phrase for getting millions of dollars to a federal prosecutor, to - forgo - a federal prosecution.

Christie called it a - Deferred Prosecution Agreement - when he, as federal prosecutor, gave his boss $50 million - NO BID, "Deferred Prosecution Agreement".

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/11/AR2008031101739.html

[laserhaas]

49. Arguably, Christie got NJGov endorse by GOP as quid pro quo

Guy prosecuted Dems all over the place, stopping many from getting into office and came up with his way to induce Ashcroft to take $50 million.

Then the - to be Mr. BridgeGate - was made into Governor

[laserhaas]

50. By the way, Deferred Prosecution Agreement was given to his brother

Chris Christie's brother was subsequently blessed to be part of a. - Deferred Prosecution Agreement

[redstatebluegirl]

51. Two thieves that makes sense.

Christie needs a job that is for sure. His wife is keeping his worthless butt right now.

[agingdem]

52. he should take it..

his reputation is already in the toilet...Jared and the lovely look-into-her-eyes-and-see-the-back-of-her head wife will treat him like the raw sewage he is...perfect

[Lulu KC]

53. I am laughing!

The headlines this morning are works of art!

[mahina]

55. Lol. Psych. Never happen.

Christie has some of the same physical characteristics of Chump, and that can not be allowed.

Plus he already said some not suckup-y things.

I bet he says he doesn’t need a chief of staff. He alone can do it. Go drown in irrelevance mr chump.