“They believe, when they came back and won this election the second time, that that gave them license, that the American people gave them license to essentially go and take whatever they could take over this period of time. And, quite frankly, you know, when you look at the scale of this, here’s another thing apparently that Donald Trump learned from Vladimir Putin during his first term. This is Putin-esque type of corruption and self-enrichment!”

Chris Christie · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-06

Christie said Trump's family believes their election win gave them license to take what they could and called the scale of crypto profits Putin-esque corruption.