President Trump uses drone controversy to mock Chris Christie

President-elect Trump on Saturday took advantage of the mysterious drone controversy in New Jersey to mock his former ally turned nemesis Chris Christie.

The president-elect, who will be in office in just over a month, shared an AI-generated meme of the former New Jersey governor eating McDonald's, and said the governor is increasingly delivering McDonald's meals by drone. I laughed at the emphasis on social and X.

Christie supported Trump in 2016 but was later fired as head of the transition team.

Mr. Christie, who briefly campaigned for the 2024 presidential election last year and called Mr. Trump a “coward” and “Putin's puppet,” resigned in January.

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“I want to promise you this: I will ensure that Donald Trump can never again become president of the United States, and that is more important than my own personal ambitions,” he said upon leaving office. Outside.

Christie's weight has been a frequent target for Trump since their falling out. Last year, President Trump jokingly told his supporters not to call the former governor a “fat pig.”

Since mid-November, New Jersey residents have been perplexed by unexplained sightings of what appear to be drones.

Chris Christie supported Trump in 2016 before they fell out. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)

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Sightings have also been reported in other parts of the country, including on military installations, and lawmakers are demanding answers.

President Trump listens to New Jersey Governor Chris Christie during a conference on opioids and drug abuse in the White House Cabinet Room on March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images)

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy and law enforcement officials said the drones do not appear to pose a threat to public safety.

On Friday, President Trump called for the drone to be shot down in the absence of a reasonable explanation.

A photo taken Dec. 8 in the Bayshore area of ​​Toms River shows what appears to be a large, high-altitude New Jersey drone hovering in the area. (Doug Hood/Asbury Park Press)

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“Mysterious drone sightings are occurring all over the country. Are these things really happening without the government's knowledge?” he wrote on Truth Social. “I don't think so! Tell the world now or shoot it down!!!”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.