 [The Hill] Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R.) said during an interview Tuesday that he had no plans to run for office again but wouldn't definitively rule it out.
In a rare appearance by a pro-Donald Trump voice on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House," Christie bristled at the idea of taking himself out of contention for anything at age 56. Host Nicolle Wallace noted the name of his new book, Let Me Finish, and asked if he was going to run again, without specifying an office.
"I don't have any plans to," he said.
Christie 'running' for anything is probably not an option.
"Oh, that's how it always starts!" Wallace said.
Christie said it was a no-win question, saying if he said no and circumstances arose that made him change his mind, they would play the tape of him denying it.
"I'm 56 years old, so I'm not going to preclude myself from doing anything in the future," he said.
Would you restrict road and bridge access if voters did not agree with you? We're not taking anything off the table.
Christie said "I love the executive branch" and would choose to be there, whether it was in an elected or appointed position. He ruled out running for Congress, saying he could never be "1 of 100" or "1 of 435," referring to the number of seats in the Senate and House of Representatives.
 Gov't Christie doesn't stand a chance.
Christie often spoke scathingly of Congress and the Senate Republicans running for the presidency when he made his bid in 2016. He dropped out of the GOP presidential race after dismal finishes in Iowa and New Hampshire. He endorsed Trump in February of 2016, despite previously saying the eventual Republican nominee wasn't qualified, and became one of his main surrogates against Hillary Clinton. 
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