Gov. Chris Christie insists he's not serving in Trump administration
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie insisted Monday evening that he plans to fulfill his term instead of leaving to serve in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
Speaking to New Jersey’s 101.5’s “Ask the Governor,” the GOP governor said the only thing he had considered was being Mr. Trump’s running mate.
“Since that time, I’ve been consistently saying throughout I’m going to serve the rest of my term and I’m serving the rest of my term,” said Christie, who ran for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination.
His term ends in January 2018.
At the same time, Christie said he hasn’t told Mr. Trump that he doesn’t want a job in the administration.
“I have said to the president-elect, reminded him, that I have 14 months left in my term and it’s my desire to finish my term,” he said. “I think the president-elect understands that I have an obligation.”
Asked about reports that he has had some sort of falling out with Mr. Trump, Christie said their relationship is “great” and that “there’s never been a cross word between us in terms of our feelings toward each other.”
“We’ve been friends for 14 years,” he said. “We speak on a regular basis.”
Just a few days after the election, Vice president-elect Mike Pence replaced Christie as the chairman of Mr. Trump’s transition team. Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Michigan, who was brought on by Christie, was also eventually let go from the transition team.
