Chris Christie was kept out of the Trump administration because he became an enemy of the Kushner family.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 10, 2026
The sources support that Kushner was hostile to Christie and that Christie attributes his ouster from the transition and his exclusion from top jobs to Kushner's revenge, but that causal account rests largely on Christie's own book and is disputed by Trump allies, and Vanity Fair reports Trump offered Christie several other posts that he turned down.
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… I I think one of the the special dispensation for for the Jewish people is, you know I'm I'm no fan of Chris Christie, but I think he's like legitimately a funny guy. And no he is, and he's also a man so fat that his last name ate his first name. But he, um, he tells the story about how the Kushner family, how he became the enemy of the Kushner family and it kept him out of the Trump administration, and the thing in that story that I just, I will never forget, I'll take to the grave, is when he's, Jared Kushner telling Chris Christie that these charges you had brought up on my father, they shouldn't have been handled legally, you should have brought …
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Contradicts. Vanity Fair reports Trump offered Christie several Cabinet and other posts, including Homeland Security and ambassador to Italy, which Christie declined, so he was not wholly kept out of the administration.[1]
Supports. Politico's 2016 reporting says Christie became convinced Kushner was retaliating over the prosecution of his father and that Kushner argued against Christie as running mate.[2]
Supports. Christie's 2019 book, as reported by NPR and Vox, says Jared Kushner engineered his removal as transition chief after Trump had named him to the role.[3][4]
Context. The Week reports that allies of both Christie and Trump insist Kushner was not behind Christie's fall, and that they disagree on the actual reason, leaving the causal story contested.[5]
Context. The claim's causal attribution comes primarily from Christie's own memoir, and a 2025 Jewish-community guide repeats that the feud played a decisive role without independent documentation.[6][7]
Sources
7 sources: 4 not rated, 3 tier 2
- 1Chris Christie Doesn't Want Your Pity | Vanity Fairvanityfair.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 2Inside Chris Christie's fall from gracepolitico.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 3Chris Christie: There Is No One With More Influence Over Trump Than Jared Kushnernpr.org · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 4Why Chris Christie and Jared Kushner hate each other so much - Voxvox.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5Was Chris Christie ousted from the Trump administration because ...theweek.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 6A Jewish guide to Chris Christie’s presidential campaign, starting with his Trump and Kushner feudsjweekly.com · not rated · cited for: context
- 7Review: Chris Christie's Memoir Is Heavy on Kushner Criticism ...wnyc.org · not rated · cited for: context
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