President-elect Trump on Saturday seized on the mysterious drone controversy in New Jersey to mock one-time ally turned nemesis Chris Christie.
The president-elect, who will take workplace in simply over a month, shared an AI-generated meme of the previous New Jersey governor consuming McDonald’s with extra McDonald’s meals being delivered by drones, mocking his weight on Fact Social and X.
Christie endorsed Trump in 2016 however was later axed as the top of his transition group.
Final yr, Christie had a short-lived presidential marketing campaign for the 2024 election throughout which he known as Trump a “coward” and a “puppet of Putin,” however he dropped out in January.
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President-elect Trump on Saturday seized on the mysterious drone controversy in New Jersey to mock one-time ally Chris Christie with an AI-generated meme of the previous New Jersey governor consuming McDonald’s amid drones. (Donald Trump/X)
“I need to promise you this, I’m going to ensure that under no circumstances do I allow Donald Trump to ever be president of america once more. And that’s extra necessary than my very own private ambition,” he stated when he dropped out.
Christie’s weight has been a frequent goal for Trump since their falling-out. Final yr, Trump jokingly instructed a supporter to not name the previous governor a “fats pig.”
Since mid-November, New Jersey residents have been baffled by unexplained sightings of what seem like drones.
Chris Christie endorsed Trump in 2016 earlier than their falling-out. (Reuters/Mike Segar)
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The sightings have additionally been reported in different areas of the nation, together with navy installations, prompting lawmakers to demand solutions.
President Trump listens to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie throughout a gathering about opioid and drug abuse within the Cupboard Room on the White Home in Washington, DC, on March 29, 2017. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP through Getty Pictures)
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and legislation enforcement have stated the drones don’t seem like a menace to public security.
On Friday, Trump known as for the drones to be shot down if there’s no affordable rationalization for them.
Photographs taken within the Bay Shore part of Toms River of what seem like massive drones hovering within the space at excessive altitudes in New Jersey Dec. 8. (Doug Hood/Asbury Park Press)
“Thriller Drone sightings all around the Nation. Can this actually be occurring with out our authorities’s data,” he wrote on Fact Social. “I don’t suppose so! Let the general public know, and now. In any other case, shoot them down!!!”
The Related Press contributed to this report.
