Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) known as former President Trump as “Putin’s puppet” in a sequence of tweets Wednesday, slamming Trump’s feedback on the Russia-Ukraine warfare throughout a city corridor on CNN.
Trump claimed in the course of the city corridor that he would resolve the battle between the international locations in “24 hours” however evaded answering when host Kaitlan Collins requested whether or not he needed Ukraine or Russia to win the warfare.
“I don’t suppose by way of profitable and dropping,” Trump mentioned. “I feel by way of getting it settled so we cease killing all these individuals… I need everyone to cease dying… Russians and Ukrainians.”
Christie, who has was a frequent Trump critic, mentioned on Twitter that the previous president was the “puppet” of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Donald Trump refused to say tonight that he needed Ukraine to win the warfare with Russia,” Christie said. “Extra proof that he continues to be Putin’s puppet.”
The battle in Jap Europe has change into a dividing level amongst Republicans, as some proceed to push for U.S. help of Ukraine whereas others have taken subject with the amount of cash that the federal authorities has spent on the battle.
Trump was requested whether or not he would proceed to offer weapons and funding to Ukraine, a query he additionally refused to reply.
“If I’m president, I’ll have that warfare settled in in the future,” Trump mentioned in response.
Christie jabbed at that declare in a special tweet.
“Regardless of how ridiculous that’s to say, I think he would attempt to do it by turning Ukraine over to Putin and Russia,” Christie said.
Christie, who endorsed Trump in 2016 after briefly difficult him for the nomination, has reworked into an anti-Trump Republican. He’s contemplating leaping into the 2024 Republican major, a call he mentioned he’ll make within the coming weeks.
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