Christie takes aim at DeSantis over Disney rift

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Tuesday, stating that if DeSantis were to win the presidency in 2024, Christie wouldn’t want him sitting across from Chinese President Xi Jinping or from Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to resolve the war in Ukraine.

“That’s not the guy I want sitting across from President Xi … or sitting across from Putin and trying to resolve what’s happening in Ukraine, if you can’t see around a corner Bob Iger created for you,” Christie told Semafor during a livestreamed interview.

Christie’s comments come after Disney in February quietly, through a bureaucratic vote, gained back control of the Orlando-area park — though state officials didn’t learn of it until March. Disney’s move left DeSantis administration officials scrambling to respond, and the governor ordered an investigation into the California-based corporation.