Trump on Christie dropping out: ‘I might even get to like him again’

Former President Trump said Wednesday night that he may fall in love with Chris Christie again after the former New Jersey governor withdrew from the Republican primary.

President Trump also promoted Christie's hot mic incident earlier Wednesday in which she said Nikki Haley was “going to go up in smoke” during her campaign with the former president.

“I heard today that Chris Christie is withdrawing from the race. You might fall in love with him again!” Anyway, he was caught saying something very true into the microphone. Ta. “She's going to go crazy…you and I both know that, but she's not going to do that,” Trump wrote. In real social.

Christie announced that he would end his bid for the White House, saying there was “no path” to securing the nomination. On a hot mic episode Wednesday before the campaign stop in New Hampshire, Ms. Christie harshly criticized Ms. Haley's potential to run against the former president.

“Look, she's spent like 68 million so far on TV alone — 68 million so far — 59 million on DeSantis, and we've spent 12. I mean, who's punching above their weight? You know who's making a profit on the investment by punching it?'' Christie said. “And she's going to smoke. And you and I both know that. She's not going to do that.”

DeSantis, like Trump, said he agreed with Christie's comments about Haley.

DeSantis: “Nikki Haley agrees with Christie's idea that she's 'smoke''' I wrote to Xformerly Twitter.

Haley's campaign also released the following statement: Christie released a statement after his exit, but did not comment on his remarks.

“Chris Christie has been a friend of mine for many years, and I commend him for the campaign he fought so hard. This election gives voters the choice between the chaos and drama of the past or a new generation of conservative leaders. I have a clear choice: I can fight for every vote and together we can build a strong and proud America,” she said.