Chris Christie, Donald Trump

Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (Republican), once a close ally of Donald Trump, suggested on Sunday that the president must now recognise how his stance on Russia and its President Vladimir Putin is perceived.

Speaking on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos — following Trump’s Oval Office berating of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday — Christie said: “What we need to understand is, and what I think the president should try to do now, is to understand that part of the problem here is that he looks and sounds like an ally of Putin.”

Trump tore into Zelenskyy and accused Ukraine’s leader of not being grateful enough to the U.S. for military support amid its invasion by Russia, and suggested he was gambling........

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