Trump thrives on 'chaos and turmoil' when it's on his terms, Chris Christie, a former federal prosecutor, says. But an indictment 'never helps anybody.'

Business Insider ^ | 03/19/2023 | Lloyd Lee

[Responsibility2nd]

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Sunday that an indictment won't help Donald Trump, countering the former president's claims that it'll only make him more popular.

While discussing Trump's possible indictment for hush-money payments to adult actress Stormy Daniels, Christie said on ABC's "This Week" that Trump thrives on conflict but only when he's behind the narrative reins.

"The circus continues. I mean, look, he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. And so he wants to create the chaos and turmoil on his terms," Christie said. "He doesn't want anybody else's terms … He wants it on his terms."

However, Christie, who is also a former district attorney, added: "But look at the end, being indicted never helps anybody. It's not a help."

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"I don't think that the American people will probably see this as a huge crime," Christie said. "But the vision of a former president of the United States being processed, fingerprinted, mug shotted ... What else do you expect Trump to say ... than to say that it helps his campaign?"

[Responsibility2nd]

Flame on if you want, but Christie is correct here.

[dragnet2]

When it comes from all the right enemies it does.

[TigersEye]

I disagree. I think his popularity will increase a lot if he is indicted.

Is that a flame?

[delchiante]

Trump-

“Please FBI, please spy on my campaign”..

/s

[FreeReign]

I think a majority of voters will be hip to this being a political indictment.

I says it's a net positive.

[TheConservativeTejano]

I disagree. I think his popularity will increase a lot if he is indicted. Is that a flame?

For us it is!!!

[TheConservativeTejano]

I disagree. I think his popularity will increase a lot if he is indicted. Is that a flame?

For us it is!!!

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Hey Krispy — stick a donut in it fatso.

[RetiredTexasVet]

It’s Chris Christie talking ... a loser for the last few years and was only 1 level above his predecessors as governor which doesn’t say a lot.

[TigersEye]

Oh well.

[blackdog]

Paula Jones didn’t seem to hurt Bill Clinton much?

[Steely Tom]

I saw lots of chaos and turmoil during the PDJT Presidency, but it certainly wasn’t coming from PDJT.

[blackdog]

https://www.cf.org/news/remember-when-bill-clinton-paid-paula-jones-850000-in-hush-money/

[MayflowerMadam]

“he only profits and does well in chaos and turmoil. And so he wants to create the chaos and turmoil on his terms,”

That sounds like someone who possesses a great deal of self awareness. We should all be so lucky to understand ourselves that well.

Wanting chaos, though ... Ugh.

[Always A Marine]

Christie is correct here.

I disagree. Brutus pulls out the knife whenever he thinks Trump might be vulnerable, so I take anything Christie says with an ocean of salt. A local DA indicting Trump on such a flimsy charge will throw Brer Donald into his favorite briar patch with the whole world watching and listening. Then the truth will do its work.

[sauropod]

Have a donut, Chris.

[tennmountainman]

Nonsense.

[imabadboy99]

with friends like Chris, you never have any pizza left

[frank ballenger]

RE: Paula Jones didn’t seem to hurt Bill Clinton much?

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Nothing ever hurt or stopped Bill or Hillary.
Laws apply to us but never to them.

[allendale]

Christie should have been indicted for Bridgegate. Instead he let a woman staffer take responsibility and get convicted. He claimed that unlike everything else this staffer did, he had “no idea” that she ordered the traffic jam in Fort Lee that stalled ambulances. Christie is a snake.