{"id":75863,"date":"2023-08-09T08:53:37","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-says-his-response-to-christie-fat-pig-remark-was-extremely-respectful-75863"},"modified":"2023-08-09T08:53:37","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T12:53:37","slug":"trump-says-his-response-to-christie-fat-pig-remark-was-extremely-respectful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/trump-says-his-response-to-christie-fat-pig-remark-was-extremely-respectful-75863","title":{"rendered":"Trump says his response to Christie \u2018fat pig\u2019 remark was \u2018extremely respectful\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Former President Trump<\/a> said Tuesday that he was &#8220;extremely respectful&#8221; while reportedly responding to an audience member who called 2024 GOP challenger Chris Christie a &#8220;fat pig&#8221; at a campaign event in New Hampshire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was extremely respectful of Sloppy Chris Christie today in New Hampshire,&#8221; Trump wrote on Truth Social.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;During a speech in front of a large crowd of Patriots, somebody shouted out that \u2018Chris Christie is a fat pig.\u2019 Rather than acknowledging that, which many speakers would have done, I said, \u2018No, No, he is not a fat pig,\u2019&#8221; he continued.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m sure Chris would have been very happy with my defense of him!&#8221; Trump exclaimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-mockery-chris-christie-weight-audience-member-fat-pig\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TRUMP MOCKERY OF CHRISTIE&#8217;S WEIGHT TAKES A TURN AFTER AUDIENCE MEMBER CHIMES IN: &#8216;DON&#8217;T CALL HIM A FAT PIG&#8217;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/presidential\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Christie took to X<\/a> to respond to a clip of the moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you had the guts you would show up to the debate and say it to my face,&#8221; he wrote, directed at Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Christie \u2013 he&#8217;s eating right now. He can&#8217;t be bothered,&#8221; the former president remarked during the speech as the Windham crowd laughed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sir, please do not call him a fat pig. That&#8217;s very disrespectful. Don&#8217;t call him \u2013 See, I&#8217;m trying to be nice,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-charges-latest-federal-indictment-bulls-during-stop-crucial-gop-presidential-primary-state\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP CHARGES LATEST FEDERAL INDICTMENT IS \u2018BULLS&#8212;\u2019 DURING STOP IN CRUCIAL GOP PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY STATE<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t call him a fat pig. You can&#8217;t do it. You can&#8217;t do that. So now, because you&#8217;re not allowed to do that, and, therefore, we&#8217;re not going to do it, OK? We want to be very civil, right?&#8221; Trump said as he chuckled.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has previously poked fun at Christie&#8217;s weight and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-jersey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the former New Jersey governor<\/a> has returned fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Oh, like he\u2019s some Adonis?&#8221; he told Fox News&#8217; Howard Kurtz on &#8220;MediaBuzz&#8221; in June, referring to mythological Greek god known for beauty.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You know, look, Howie, there are tens of millions of Americans out in your audience watching right now who, like me, have struggled with their weight. I continue to struggle. I continue to try to do better. And so \u2026 what\u2019s that got to do with my competence for office?&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I ran the governorship of New Jersey for eight years, I think in a very energetic, successful way, responded to Hurricane Sandy, working 20 hours a day for weeks. I don\u2019t know what his point is. You know what it is? It\u2019s like a child. It\u2019s a bully on the schoolyard who teases you and makes fun of you,&#8221; Christie continued.<\/p>\n<p><i>Fox News&#8217; Brandon Gillespie contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-response-christie-fat-pig-remark-extremely-respectful\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-response-christie-fat-pig-remark-extremely-respectful <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Trump said Tuesday that he was &#8220;extremely respectful&#8221; while reportedly responding to an audience member who called 2024 GOP challenger Chris Christie a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-75863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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