Donald Trump reportedly never expected to make it past the primaries

Donald Trump.
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Donald Trump reportedly didn't think his presidential campaign would survive 2015. CNN reported Monday that the newly-minted president-elect told New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) during the Republican presidential primary that he "didn't expect to make it past October — at which point he would endorse Christie." "I think they always had an understanding that the first one out would probably endorse the other," a Christie adviser told CNN.

But as we now know, it was Christie who ended up endorsing Trump. After becoming a dedicated Trump surrogate, Christie made it onto Trump's shortlist of VP candidates, and was later tapped as transition chair, a position he's since lost to Vice President-elect Mike Pence. Christie is still being considered for a top position in Trump's White House.

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