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Friday, July 24, 2015

Chris Christie sours on Donald Trump

Politico
By Daniel Strauss
July 23, 2015

Chris Christie has pulled the welcome mat out from under Donald Trump.

In an interview with Fox News’ The Five on Wednesday, the New Jersey governor and 2016 presidential candidate was asked: If Trump wanted to bring a new casino to the Atlantic City Boardwalk, would you welcome him back? Christie’s response was clear.

“I don’t think we need more casinos in Atlantic City,” Christie said. “It’s a misunderstanding on some people’s part what happened in Atlantic City. Atlantic City built 12 casinos at a time where we were a monopoly east of the Mississippi. In the years since then, we’ve had 38 other states get casino gaming. Well, of course you’re going to need less casinos in Atlantic City. Now, I hate that any of them had to close because people lost their jobs. It’s a natural downsizing. What’s happening in Atlantic City — non-gaming revenue is going up. Gaming revenue is staying flat. Atlantic City is going to be fine over time.”

Christie’s comments come as Republicans are busy denouncing Trump for his inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants, whom he characterized as “rapists” and criminals, and Arizona Sen. John McCain, whom he said was “not a war hero.”

But a little less than a year ago, Christie said he would welcome a Trump investment in Atlantic City properties.

“If Donald Trump wants to come in and be a participant again in an active way in Atlantic City I’d welcome him, and I think most people in New Jersey would,” Christie said in September 2014, according to NJ.com.

That NJ.com report cited a prior tweet by Trump floating that he might buy back into the Trump Plaza Hotel & Casino and the Trump Taj Mahal. (Christie’s campaign said the New Jersey governor’s comments referred to “about the city and what needs to happen there, so it has to do with the future of the city not Trump.”)

In multiple media interviews, Christie has noted his long friendship with Trump, even while saying the real estate tycoon’s comments were wrong. Christie has recently said he’d prefer not to talk about Trump anymore.


“You know, enough,” Christie said earlier in July on Fox and Friends. “We’ve answered the questions. It’s inappropriate. The comments were inappropriate. But listen, Donald is a friend, I’ve known for 13 years and I like him personally. But his comments were inappropriate. That’s now the 50th time I’ve said it. It’s going to be the last time I say it.”

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