Could Bridgegate Be Why Christie Is Trump's "Manservant"?

You have to wonder why Chris Christie, the head of Trump’s transition team in November, keeps on willing to be humiliated by Trump himself. Needless to say, Christie hopped on the Trump bandwagon before almost everyone else, endorsing him way back in mid-February, and became a surrogate attack dog for Trump. But Trump keeps on treating him like a dog. First, it was Christie’s deer-in-the-lights stare during Trump’s victorious post-Super Tuesday press conference – a look that was so bad that Christie was forced to issue a statement that he wasn’t there against his will. Then, during a fundraising stop last month in Christie’s own New Jersey, Trump demanded that Christie, who was offstage, stop eating Oreos. And the latest from a piece in the upcoming New Yorker is that Trump actually sent Christie out to McDonald’s to pick up his food.

Now, everyone likes a winner and perhaps Christie felt like he might be able to go somewhere if Trump won the nomination and the Presidency.  But at this point, you wonder why he just might want to lower his profile in the campaign rather than continue to be abused.  On the other hand, eventually the Bridgegate scandal is going to get to court and things could really get serious for Christie at that point. The trial of Bridget Anne Kelly, Christie’s former chief of staff, and Bill Baroni is scheduled to go to trial in September and there is some speculation that Christie could be revealed as an unindicted co-conspirator before or during that trial.  If that does turn out to be the case, a position in the Trump administration could be the exit he would need, allowing him to resign as Governor of New Jersey before he gets thrown out. And endorsing Trump was probably not a big gamble, as Trump and Christie actually know each other and probably none of the other candidates would touch an unindicted co-conspirator in a high-profile position in their administration. Only Trump would be so brazen as to do that. So, if you believe that Bridgegate could be real trouble for Christie, then his tolerance for continued humiliation by Trump becomes a bit more understandable.