Chris Christie Says Trump’s Fixation on Past Grievances Is Getting Old

• Chris Christie says Trump’s “act” and fixation on previous grievances is getting outdated.
• Christie commented on ABC about Trump’s rambling, post-arrest speech at Mar-a-Lago.
• Christie mentioned the speech made Trump sound like a person “‘griping to you about his dangerous divorce.”

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says former President Donald Trump’s fixation on the previous is getting drained and overblown.

Throughout an April 9 look on ABC’s “This Week,” Christie commented on Trump’s post-arrest speech at Mar-a-Lago — a defiant, 27-minute, campaign-style tackle to rally the MAGA devoted.

“And so, what is going on to occur right here with Trump is that his act goes to stay the identical,” Christie mentioned of the speech. “That sounded to me like a man that you simply’d encounter in a bar who you’d wind up sitting subsequent to, and he is griping to you about his dangerous divorce.”

Christie added that Trump’s largest drawback is that elections “are gained or misplaced on the longer term” — a big stumbling block for Trump, who cannot transfer on from the previous. 

“And that’s going to be his drawback when the first comes as a result of the good major candidate might be speaking in regards to the future and ignoring Donald Trump, aside from when he pops up,” Christie mentioned. “After which, like whack-a-mole, you hit him down.”

Christie then weighed in on the present slate of 2024 presidential candidates, predicting that if President Joe Biden had been to run, Trump can be the one GOP candidate he might beat.

“I do not assume he might beat every other Republican that might get nominated,” Christie mentioned of Biden. “However the economic system will nonetheless be the factor that determines this, and I believe we’ve extra bumps forward.”

Christie is a former Trump ally. He distanced himself from Trump after the Capitol riot and has since change into a vocal Trump critic.

In November, Christie slammed different GOP politicians for being too scared to disavow Trump.

“There’s plenty of people who find themselves contemplating working for president who nonetheless deal with him like Voldemort, like ‘He Who Shall Not Be Named,'” Christie informed the Washington Examiner in November. “You are going to run in opposition to him? Say his title. You assume he did one thing fallacious? Say his title.” 

And in March, Christie vowed to not help Trump in 2024.

“I can not assist him. No method,” Christie informed Axios.

There’s an opportunity Christie would possibly launch a 2024 presidential bid of his personal — which might pit him in opposition to Trump, the present GOP frontrunner. Christie informed Fox Information on March 23 that he’ll “in all probability decide within the subsequent 60 days on what to do or to not do.”

Representatives for Christie and Trump didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark despatched outdoors common enterprise hours.