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Former President Donald Trump kept up his attacks on Chris Christie after his former advisor-turned January 6 critic rolled out his presidential campaign with a call to 'Go big.' 

Christie launched his presidential effort with a two hour town hall appearance where he eviscerated Trump, accusing him of being 'obsessed with the mirror' and 'coddling' Vladimir Putin – while also tearing into 'grift' by daughter Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner.

The former New Jersey governor went after Trump by name and accused him and other Republicans of pushing 'small' issues to divide the nation. He mocked his GOP rivals for tip-toeing around their criticism Trump, hours before former Vice President Mike Pence released a new video where he says 'different times call for different leadership.'

Trump, who preempted Christie's run my mocking the weight of his former friend and advisor by posting a doctored image put out by longtime advisor Roger Stone, issued a blistering post on his Truth Social platform Tuesday night.

'How many times did Chris Christie use the word SMALL? Does he have a psychological problem with SIZE?' Trump asked, without further explanation.

'Actually, his speech was SMALL, and not very good. It rambled all over the place, and nobody had a clue of what he was talking about. Hard to watch, boring, but that’s what you get from a failed Governor (New Jersey) who left office with a 7% approval rating and then got run out of New Hampshire. This time, it won’t be any different!'

Trump has been engaged in an angry feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, but has mostly ignored former Vice President Mike Pence, who jumped into the race Wednesday against his former partner with a new campaign video.  He has been complimentary about South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott. He also has mocked former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson. His attacks on Christie, who endorsed him in 2016, ran his transition for a time, and advised him when he was president, are among his most scorching. 

Trump's '7 per cent' attack wasn't accurate, but Christie did have extremely poor approval when he left Trenton after the Bridge-gate scandal. The New York Times reported this week it was at 15 per cent in a pair of polls published that summer.

 Trump's attacks came after Christie began his return to the national political stage with an opening message: 'Go big' – then flashed his ability to go for the jugular.

He denied running for president as a spoiler but said he did want to take down Donald Trump – who he hit for 'coddling' Vladimir Putin, running 'failed casinos' and 'reprehensible' bartering of Ukrainian aide that was the subject of Trump's second impeachment. 

He said Americans knew Trump was 'full of it' when he said Mexico would pay for the border wall, then vowed not to make the mistake of letting Trump's claims go unchecked.

Christie, who filed paperwork to run for president Tuesday, railed against the 'disrespect, the narcissism and the lying for four years' of the Trump era. 'The people in the middle said enough,' he said, pointing to the 2020 results.

He promised to take on Trump's four-year record, and needled fellow Republicans for being unwilling to even say his name, like 'Voldemort' in the Harry Potter series.

Christie took on Trump for 'lying' about issues from the budget deficit to saying he wouldn't play golf while president. He even went after Trump's family.

'The grift form this family is breathtaking,' Christie told a crowd at a town hall in Manchester. 'Jared Kushner and Ivanka Kushner walk out of the White House and months later get $2 billion from the Saudis. You think it’s because he’s some kind of investing genius?' he said, pointing to the deal Trump's son-in-law inked with the Saudi investment fund months after Trump left office. 'That’s your money he stole, and gave it to his family. You know that what makes us? A banana

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