Donald Trump referred to as one-time ally Chris Christie “sloppy” after the previous New Jersey governor predicted the ex-president wouldn’t win in 2024 and needled him for dropping his re-election bid in 2020 — saying “that loss to Joe nonetheless stings.”
The disagreement erupted Sunday after Christie posted on Twitter that Trump, 76, was the one candidate to “lose to Biden exterior of Delaware.”
The forty fifth president shot again that Christie’s 2016 marketing campaign “went down in flames.”
Trump who announced his third straight White House run Nov. 15, took to his Truth Social platform to lambaste Christie after his look on ABC Information’ “This Week.”
“‘Sloppy’ Chris Christie, the failed former Governor of New Jersey, spent virtually his whole final yr in workplace campaigning in New Hampshire for the Republican Nomination for President. Very similar to his time period in workplace, the place he left with an Approval Ranking of simply 9%, his Presidential marketing campaign was an entire catastrophe,” Trump mentioned.
“He endorsed me the next day, later beneficial Chris Wray for the FBI (how did that work out?), went down in flames, after which was SALVAGED by ABC FAKE NEWS. I by no means needed him!” he added.
That led to Christie’s response on Twitter.
“I’m the goal of Donald Trump’s new tantrum. None of his lies about me at the moment bothered him when he requested me to prep him for each normal election debate or supplied me 3 totally different cupboard posts,” the previous governor mentioned.
“He’s the one man to lose to Biden exterior Delaware. That loss to Joe nonetheless stings,” Christie reiterated.
Christie, who endorsed Trump after dropping out of the 2016 Republican presidential major, apparently ruffled the forty fifth president’s feathers when he responded to a query from moderator Jonathan Karl about whether or not the previous president can beat Biden in 2024.
“I don’t suppose so,” Christie said bluntly.
Christie, a contributor to ABC Information, additionally doubted the 80-year-old Biden’s odds for victory in 2024, noting that the president didn’t win the election in 2020, however that Trump “misplaced.”
“Politicians, once they run for workplace, you don’t at all times win. Generally the opposite man loses. Joe Biden’s president as a result of Donald Trump misplaced. Joe Biden didn’t win. And Joe Biden’s by no means taken possession of that truth. And so he continues to do what he did when he was working, which he thinks was nice ‘as a result of I received.’ No, you didn’t win. Trump misplaced,” Christie mentioned.
He went on to level out Biden’s age, his poor ballot numbers, and doubted whether or not the octogenarian may face up to the pains of a re-election marketing campaign.
“He will not be able to working a standard American race,” Christie mentioned. “And what he had in ’20 was a present. He had Donald Trump, who was poisonous.”
