President-elect Trump mocked former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie by sharing a meme suggesting that Republican critics' appetite is behind the surge in drone sightings across the East Coast.
Trump told Truth Social, AI generated image Five drones hovered behind Christie, holding a red McDonald's bag and filming the former Garden State city manager trying to eat more than half a dozen hamburgers.
“The source of the drone over New Jersey has been identified,” wrote a social media user who identified himself as the image's creator.
State officials say there have been about 1,000 drone sightings in New Jersey alone in less than a month, but reports of mysterious flying objects suddenly appearing in the airspace are coming in from across the country.
However, federal authorities say the drone sightings were actually simply misidentified as aircraft such as helicopters or Cessnas, and do not pose a danger to people on the ground.
Christie, a former Trump ally turned critic, has accused the president-elect of everything from a surge in anti-Semitism and Islamophobia to “creating” Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro in recent years. are.
Here's what we know about the mysterious drone flying over the East Coast.
Meanwhile, Trump has troubled his longtime party enemies with his weight and eating habits.
In 2023, as both parties compete for the Republican presidential nomination, Mr. Trump jeered at people There is a campaign to stop people calling Christie a “fat pig.”
A year ago, President Trump quipped that the image he posted on Truth Social of an obese man at a buffet was “Chris Christie trying to comfort himself at a Roy Rogers at 11 p.m.”
