When Chris Christie withdrew from consideration to be Trump’s White House chief of staff in 2018, multiple outlets reported it was for family considerations and that he was not officially offered the gig.
But, that's not entirely the case, Christie says. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
But, that's not entirely the case, Christie says. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
In his new book, Republican Rescue, Christie claims that he was, indeed, offered the powerful position—and that he turned it down at least in part because of Trump’s big mouth. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
Almost immediately after secretly interviewing for the chief of staff job, Christie writes, Axios reported that he’d met with the president. The ex-governor wondered who could’ve leaked their private meeting. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
Trump eventually confessed to leaking it himself. “If I had any doubts about my decision, at that moment they entirely disappeared,” Christie recalls. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
Besides Trump’s blabbermouth, Christie writes that an aggressive full-court press by Javanka, including an early morning phone call from Ivanka to his wife, cemented his decision to not work in the Trump White House. thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
Elsewhere in the book, Christie recalls how former Reagan and Bush chief of staff James A. Baker III told him that taking the chief of staff job would make him “the greatest American patriot since Paul Revere.” thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
Christie writes that Trump once offered him the ambassadorship to Italy simply because the former governor’s mom was Italian. “I don’t think the analysis went any deeper than that,” Christie explains. “Trump didn’t overanalyze choices like these.” thedailybeast.com/chris-christie…
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