Chris Christie Gets Roasted After Saying Trump ‘Looks Terrible’

Former New Jersey governor and Trump ally turned fierce critic Chris Christie raised eyebrows on Wednesday by claiming that the former president is in “terrible” physical condition.

While speaking with Washington Post reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell, Christie recalled a 2004 dinner with Donald Trump and claimed that he is very afraid of going to prison. According to Christie, who was then serving as state attorney general, Trump praised Christie for his work on a New Jersey State Senate corruption case.

“‘Well, great job on that John Lynch case. Amazing. You’re the best.’ Blah, blah, blah, as you would expect, Trump would say to somebody who could prosecute him,” Christie said. He then insinuated that Trump has no clue what happens when convicted of a crime, claiming that Trump asked if Lynch will be going to “a real prison.”

“Oh, no, he goes to real prison, like he’s been sentenced. He’s got a month to report. He’s gonna go to the Bureau of Prisons. I have nothing left to do with that. They decide where he goes, he could go anywhere in the country,” Christie claimed to have said.

“And he reached over and grabbed my arm. We were sitting next to each other and he said, ‘Oh my God, Chris, I could never do that. I could never go to jail. They tell you when to go to bed at night and when to wake up in the morning and what to wear and what to do, who you can talk to and what you can eat. I could never do that,'” he continued, further claiming that Trump had a “really ashen look on his face.”

“Let me tell you, everybody. He is sick to his stomach every day because it is the thing… There’s two things that Donald Trump fears more than anything, going to jail or being broke,” Christie said.

The former governor — whose name has long been synonymous with morbid obesity — went on to claim that former President Trump is in horrible physical condition. “A criminal trial is a really awful thing to go through,” he said. “And if you look at Trump physically, right now, he looks terrible.”

Christie became one of the first Republican presidential candidates to endorse Trump in 2016. He went on to head up his presidential transition team, though the two have since become fierce rivals.

The former governor based his entire, ill-fated 2024 campaign on his opposition to Trump, though he ultimately dropped out without realizing any electoral success.