Steve Schmidt explains why Donald Trump is "scared sh*tless" of Chris Christie

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Steve Schmidt reacts to Chris Christie meeting the donor threshold to appear in the first Republican primary debate in August. Steve believes Christie will be a formidable opponent for Donald Trump, as he will stand up to the former president's bully tactics and "knock him on his ass." To become a The Warning Premium Member with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/

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0:00.0	There's good news in America today, everybody.
0:06.7	Chris Christie, the former governor of New Jersey, has met the donor qualifying threshold
0:12.4	to participate in the Republican debates.
0:16.6	He's met the threshold for polling in one of the three polls.
0:22.1	Chris Christie will be on that debate stage, and so will Donald Trump.
0:27.1	Donald Trump is being coy right now, intimating that he won't show.
0:33.3	Chris Christie understands Donald Trump better than any of the other candidates,
0:37.2	by far,
0:38.3	because he was such close friends with him, and he was such a strong supporter of him.
0:43.5	But none of that matters now, because now Chris Christie is his fiercest opponent on the debate stage.
0:53.2	Chris Christie is the only person standing on that debate stage who can take it to Trump.
0:58.9	The only person tough enough to take it to Trump.
1:03.0	And understand this. Donald Trump is scared, shitless of Chris Christie.
1:11.4	Donald Trump is terrified of Chris Christie.
1:16.3	Donald Trump knows that Chris Christie is going to, as we would say in New Jersey,
1:23.3	kick his ass from one end of the debate stage to another.
1:28.7	Donald Trump, at his core, is a bully, a narcissistic one with a profoundly disordered personality,
1:38.0	but the one thing he has always been is a bully.
1:43.1	His father was a bully. He comes from a long line of bullies.
1:48.4	And you know how you deal with a bully? Do you appease him? Do you
1:55.4	cowtow to him? Do you lay down in front of him? Do you take the Mike Pence approach and try to emulate him, imitate him, shadow him, and mirror him, so that when the bully puts his glass of water down, you do the same?
2:15.6	There is a tried and true recipe for dealing with bullies. It's very simple,
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