Trump administration officials are having a field day roasting the American Gaming Association (AGA) for tapping Chris Christie as their new strategic adviser—a move that’s less genius power play and more desperate Hail Mary given his track record as a Trump-bashing RINO who flameout twice in presidential bids. Picture this: the gaming lobby, desperate to polish its image amid pushes for legalized sports betting everywhere, hires a guy whose biggest win lately is yelling at people on TV and endorsing Nikki Haley over the man who reshaped the GOP. Trump insiders are reportedly cackling, with one quipping it’s like hiring a fox to guard the henhouse… if the fox already ate half the chickens. It’s peak irony: Christie, the bridge-closing bully from Jersey, now advising an industry swimming in cash but drowning in regulatory scrutiny.
But let’s zoom out for the 2A angle, because this isn’t just casino schadenfreude—it’s a masterclass in political optics and alliance-building that gun rights advocates should clock hard. The AGA’s gamble on Christie screams establishment desperation, betting on his bipartisan cred (read: anti-Trump street cred) to schmooze Dems in a post-Dobbs, post-Roe world where gambling’s the new tobacco. Yet it backfires spectacularly, handing Trumpworld free ammo to paint the gaming industry as out-of-touch elites cozying up to losers. For the 2A community, the lesson is crystal: never outsource your strategy to fair-weather consultants who’ll flip for the next donor dollar. Remember how NRA-adjacent groups got burned by RINO infiltrators? Same playbook. Trump’s orbit mocking this publicly reinforces his iron grip on the base, signaling that disloyalty gets you publicly curb-stomped— a reminder that in the culture war, loyalty to 2A warriors like Trump means shielding the industry from leftist casino bans disguised as public health regs.
Implications ripple wide: as states like Florida eye expanded gaming (DeSantis, take note), this blunder could embolden 2A-friendly governors to tie gaming licenses to pro-gun stances, flipping the script on lobbyist pandering. It’s a win for populists everywhere—Trump’s mockery keeps the MAGA fire lit, marginalizing Never-Trumpers like Christie into irrelevance. 2A fam, curate this as your daily reminder: back winners, mock the flops, and keep your powder dry. The gaming industry’s self-own just gifted us all a blueprint for staying ahead in the fight.
