Chris Christie has launched what amounts to a de facto exploratory bid for president, and it’s already put him on a collision course with longtime political ally Donald Trump
in a September speech at the Ronald Reagan Library, Trump remained uncharacteristically silent. After Saturday’s speech — and the national media showered attention on Christie — Trump let loose on his former ally.
Still, Christie began distancing himself from Trump after the Jan. 6 rally that ended with the U.S. Capitol riot. At the time, Trump’s former United Nations ambassador, Nikki Haley, spoke out against the president but then retreated amid blowback from the MAGA faithful.Christie hasn’t made the same promise.
“Christie is trying to create a path, but right now it’s a bike lane he needs to widen with the help of the media,” one Trump adviser said. “Christie didn’t say Trump was a liar. You guys are giving him credit for balls he didn’t show.”alike say Christie is benefiting from softball interviews in which he doesn’t have to answer for standing by Trump throughout his four-year term of tumult and controversy.
“In Republican Rescue, Christie reveals exactly how absurd grievances and self-inflicted wounds sabotaged Donald Trump’s many successes and allowed Democrats to capture the White House, the House, and Senate in two years,” the website reads.
Christie’s dismissal from Trump’s inner circle at the start of the president’s term didn’t keep him away for long. Christie would regularly talk to Trump and was appointed to co-chair a bipartisan commission with counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway aimed at tackling the opioid crisis. He helped with debate prep during the 2020 campaign. Bill Stepien, Christie’s former adviser in New Jersey, also went on to manage Trump’s failed reelection campaign.
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