Christie: Trump won’t apologize to Obama for ‘birther’ movement

It’s unlikely Donald Trump will apologize to President Obama for being one of the leading boosters of the “birther” movement when he visits the White House on Thursday, his transition chief said.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who is leading Trump’s move to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., downplayed Trump’s past questioning of Obama’s birth as an American as “slights, real or perceived in the past.”

Obama is set to meet his successor Thursday to show him around his soon-to-be new digs.

“What these two men recognize is that now this is about governing and leading the nation and the world,” Christie told NBC’s “Today” show. “And they have a lot more important things to talk about besides slights, real or perceived in the past.”

Obama was born on Aug. 4, 1961, in Honolulu. Conservative conspiracy theorists have long insinuated he wasn’t born in the United States, with Trump among them. In September, the GOPer finally flip-flopped, conceding that the president was born in the US.

Christie chalked up the birther movement to within-the-bounds “politics” and said: “I think that’s all past us now.”

Christie’s name has been floated as a potential attorney general for Trump.

The governor declined to speculate on his chances of becoming America’s top prosecutor.

“If there’s some role for me that I want to do and that the president-elect wants me to do — we’ve known each other for 14 years — we’ll talk about it,” said Christie.

“Maybe it’s (as) host of the `Today’ show, Matt. Who knows?” said Christie, joking with “Today” show host Matt Lauer that the governor’s next job could just as easily be at 30 Rock and Studio 1A.

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