CNN's President Jeff Zucker Still Interested In Running For Office - AUDIO

CNN President Jeff Zucker appeared Monday on ‘The Axe Files,’ the CNN podcast with contributor and politico David Axelrod for an hour-long interview touching on a variety of topics including, of course, President Donald Trump and his feud with the network. But right near the end, Zucker dropped a bit of a surprise about his future: elections.

Axelrod asked him to close out the interview where he’d be in five years, and Zucker said he doesn’t know for sure where he’ll be. After a bit of banter, he dropped his hint for the next big thing.

“I still harbor somewhere in my gut that I’m still very interested in politics,” he said.

“You turned down an opportunity to work for Al Gore in 2000, you’ve talked in the past about potentially running for office…” prompted Axelrod.

“So I’m still interested in that,” said Zucker, “and it’s something that I’d be interested in.