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Donald Trump has a one-track mind.
If a new thought pops into his head, Trump has a tendency to say it, regardless of the situation, who's in the room, or where the room is.
Take Wednesday, for example.
Donald Trump appointed New Jersey governor Chris Christie chair of a new commission into the US opioid crisis. This is the same man who reluctantly backed Trump in the Republican race.
It's like he's trying to call for help through the screen https://t.co/XfuEaOR8i1— Jack Mirkinson (@Jack Mirkinson) 1456886664
Trump, rather than introduce him in the usual way a human would, saw a chance to remind everyone how quickly he'd endorsed him in the primaries, in a rambling, off-script humble-brag.
Trump paused from talking about the opioid epidemic to note that Chris Christie endorsed him early https://t.co/LcYEKuGGRF— Bradd Jaffy (@Bradd Jaffy) 1490809890
The public noticed:
@BraddJaffy how am I supposed to get through this presidency without a painkiller haze?— Cowboy Actual (@Cowboy Actual) 1490809972
Christie told told the AP on Wednesday he had no interest in a permanent role in the Trump administration, but that:
He asked me to help with this and I’m going to.
It’s an issue that I care about a lot in New Jersey, and for the country, and so the President asked me to do this and I was happy to.
Several of Christie's former aides now work in the White House.
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