'If you don't say that you think Ukraine should win the war, I don’t know where you stand with Putin,' Christie said.įormer Arkansas Gov. I want everybody to stop dying,' he added.Ĭhristie told Hewitt that when Trump would not back Ukraine, that was, for him, 'the most stunning moment in the debate.' 'I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people. He also said he doesn't 'think of terms of winning and losing' when asked whether he wanted Ukraine or Russia to win. Trump, during his CNN town hall Wednesday, commented that it is not wise to call Putin a war criminal, saying it would make negotiations with the Russian president difficult, reports Politico. 'I don’t know why, to tell you the truth, but I can’t figure it out, but there’s no other conclusion to come to.'

'I think he’s a coward and I think he’s a puppet of Putin,' the New Jersey Republican told radio host Hugh Hewitt this week. Chris Christie, the former New Jersey governor weighing a run for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, says former President Donald Trump is a 'coward' and a 'puppet' to Russian President Vladimir Putin for refusing during his CNN town hall to say that he wanted Ukraine to defeat Russia.

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