“Everybody remembers,” Trump added, “that Chris left New Jersey with a less than 9% approval rating — a record low, and they didn’t want to hear this from him!”

Christie had a zinger ready when I sat down with him Tuesday.

“I’m not gonna get into a back-and-forth with Donald Trump,” the former governor told me. “But what I will say is this: When I ran for reelection in 2013, I got 60% of the vote. When he ran for reelection, he lost to Joe Biden.”

“I’m happy to have that comparison stand up, because that’s the one that really matters,” Christie added.