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In the days following the election, Trump expressed deep frustration about how Christie was handling the transition. In particular, he vented about how the governor had loaded up the team with lobbyists, the very class of people Trump had campaigned against, with his calls to \u201cdrain the swamp\u201d in Washington<\/strong>. The president-elect also noticed that Christie had stocked his team with old New Jersey friends and allies.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
There were other issues. Once the dust settled from their surprise win, the Trump team noticed that Christie had done little to vet potential administration picks or to dig into potential conflicts of interests. With Democrats eager to pounce on any early mistake, it was an oversight they simply couldn\u2019t afford.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Additionally, Christie was reportedly deeply disliked by Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, who has become an influential advisor on the Trump campaign:<\/p>\n
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In the months to come, Kushner, a 35-year-old New York City real estate mogul who grew up in New Jersey, would become a bigger problem for Christie, arguing forcefully against Trump making the governor his running mate. Christie, a former U.S. attorney, became convinced that Kushner was retaliating over his 2004 prosecution of Kushner\u2019s father, Charles.<\/p>\n
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Still, while they never became close, Kushner and Christie agreed to work together. At several points, according to two sources, Trump took steps to forge a warmer relationship between them — apparently without success.<\/p>\n
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Kushner\u2019s allies say the idea that he\u2019s out for personal vengeance, promoted in several recent stories, is simplistic and overblown. Rather, they argue, the Trump son-in-law has more substantive concerns — viewing the governor as badly damaged following the Bridgegate affair. And in the days following the election, Kushner told others in Trump Tower that Christie oversaw a messy, lobbyist-filled transition operation that simply needed to be cleaned up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
By Thursday of last week, Trump was telling aides that he was ready to make a change.<\/p>\n
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How is Christie faring now and what are his future prospects?<\/p>\n
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In recent days, Christie\u2019s advisers have reached out to him to see how he\u2019s holding up. He\u2019s fine, he\u2019s told them. It was only a matter of time that the transition process would be taken from him once the election was over. On Thursday, during an appearance in Atlantic City, Christie waved off talk about his career prospects — and criticized reporters for \u201cprognosticating\u201d about his future.<\/p>\n
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“I know all of them have taken inordinate concern, just in the last 10 days or so, about my future. All of them have become, you know, employment counselors,” he added. “I have every intention of serving out my full term as governor \u2014 I’ve said that from the beginning.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Christie\u2019s advisers speculate that the governor might exit politics entirely when his term expires in January 2018. Some of them suggest that Christie, an avid sports fan, could take a job as a sports radio host. He is an occasional guest caller to WFAN, the popular New York City-based sports talk station. To some, it\u2019s far too early to write him off. \u201cHe\u2019s the most interesting politician I\u2019ve seen since Bill Clinton,\u201d said former New Jersey Gov. Tom Kean, a Christie mentor. \u201cHe\u2019s got an enormous set of skills.\u201d<\/p>\n
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