President Trump pines for Chris Christie, Vanity Fair says

President Donald Trump is thinking about rearranging the furniture at the White House, Vanity Fair reports.

The magazine says Trump is discussing a West Wing personnel shakeup, with an outside adviser who regularly speaks with Trump saying that the president is regretting some of his Cabinet choices.

“He’s saying he should have put Rudy (Giuliani) at State and Chris Christie at Justice,” the unnamed source told Vanity Fair.

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Trump may no longer have the chance to court the former New Jersey governor, who took a new job last week as political commentator at ABC News.

For a flashback to Trump and Christie on the presidential campaign trail, watch the video at the top of the page for the epic eye roll reaction Trump received during a speech from Christie's wife, Mary Pat.

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Christie became ex-governor three weeks ago. There had been speculation that he would leave his term a year early to join Trump in Washington, but it never happened, for reasons that are unclear.

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Christie in fact has said he turned down several job offers in the White House but hasn't provided much detail about any specific positions.

Bob Jordan bjordan@gannettnj.com