前新泽西州州长和美国广播公司新闻撰稿人克里斯·克里斯蒂周一，他告诉美国广播公司新闻节目“权力政治”的主持人，他希望总统唐纳德·特朗普在会议上布置议程共和党全国代表大会因为他认为这是特朗普竞选迄今最大的失败。
克里斯蒂表示，特朗普的竞选不可能像2016年那样进行，他希望如此本周的变化，尤其是周四晚上特朗普已经准备好了他的获奖感言。
“因此，他们这次必须采取不同的方式。它必须更加乐观，不那么可怕。它必须是一个谈论他们想做什么和他们想如何在八年后离开这个国家的人。”告诉美国广播公司新闻白宫首席记者乔纳森·卡尔和政治总监里克·克莱因。“坦白地说，我认为特朗普的竞选团队在这两个方面都做得不好。我希望这种情况在本周开始改变，尤其是在周四晚上。”
自特朗普执政三年半以来，克里斯蒂表示，共和党仍然坚持他们过去十年的做法。
2016年11月20日，新泽西州贝德明斯特镇，当选总统唐纳德·特朗普和新泽西州州长克里斯·克里斯蒂在特朗普国际高尔夫俱乐部会面前握手
克里斯蒂说:“共和党在过去十年或更长的时间里仍然坚持它的大部分主张。”“在唐纳德·特朗普的领导下，有些事情肯定发生了变化...但共和党的主要原则仍然保持不变。”
特朗普曾表示，由前副总统乔·拜登(Joe Biden)领导的总统任期将意味着“美国的彻底彻底毁灭。”
“我认为他的意思是，这个国家将变成伯尼·桑德斯/伊丽莎白·沃伦式的世界观，即政府应该变得更大，接管整个医疗保健系统，接管他们以前从未拥有过的经济领域。”我认为这是共和党人和大多数无党派人士都不想买的东西。”
关于这一点，克里斯蒂说，拜登将此称为“为美国的灵魂而战”，为了获得提名，他完全出卖了自己的灵魂。
“我认为，在他们的大会上，是为了强调乔·拜登这个人是一个善良、正派、诚实的人，我认识他已经35年了。”但为了获得提名，他完全出卖了自己的灵魂。”克里斯蒂说。“这已经成为伊丽莎白·沃伦、伯尼·桑德斯和AOC的政党——而乔·拜登只不过是一艘船，当然不是他们想要的船，而是民主党初选选民坚持让他将自己的理念注入其中的船。”
2016年7月19日，共和党全国代表大会的第二天，克里斯·克里斯蒂州长在克里夫兰的加快贷款竞技场发表讲话。
此外，克里斯蒂还被问及特朗普的妹妹周末出现的录音——她在录音中称她的哥哥“没有原则”，并声称“他不读书”，还让别人代他参加高考。
克里斯蒂说:“我认为总统和他的反应，乔恩，很大程度上是你所见即所得。”“当他说很少像那样，我肯定这伤害了他。”
克里斯蒂说，他同情总统的妹妹、退休的美国巡回法院法官玛丽安娜·特朗普·巴里，因为她在公众面前感到尴尬。
“今天早上让我感觉更糟的人——最糟糕的人——是巴里法官，我认为他在这种情况下被人利用得很惨，现在在公众面前感到尴尬，因为她现在名声更大了，因为她的哥哥是总统。”
就公众而言，克里斯蒂说这些录音不会影响选民的决定。
“我想他们知道特朗普家族内部存在问题。这已经被很好地记录下来了，我不认为这将决定任何人的投票。同意巴里在录音带中所说的话的人可能已经决定不投票给唐纳德·特朗普，反之亦然。我不认为现在还没有决定的人会根据这些磁带作出决定。”
Chris Christie: Trump campaign needs to be 'more optimistic and less dire' starting with Republican National Convention
Former New Jersey Governor and ABC News ContributorChris Christietold the hosts of ABC News' "Powerhouse Politics" podcast on Monday that he hopes that PresidentDonald Trumplays out an agenda at theRepublican National Conventionbecause he believes that has been the biggest failing of the Trump campaign so far.
Christie said the Trump campaign cannot run the same way they did in 2016 and he hopes thatchanges this week, especially Thursday night whenTrump is set to givehis acceptance speech.
"And so they have to do it differently this time. It has to be more optimistic and less dire. It has to be one that talks about what they want to do and how they want to leave the country at the conclusion of their eight years in," Christietold ABC NewsChief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl and Political Director Rick Klein. "I think quite frankly, that the Trump campaign has not done well on either of those fronts. And I'm hoping that's going to start to change this week, especially on Thursday night."
Since the three and a half years that Trump has been in office, Christie said that the Republican Party still stands on what they did for the last decade.
President-elect Donald Trump and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie shake hands before their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, Nov. 20, 2016, in Bedminster Township, N.J.
"The Republican Party still stands for much of what it stood for during a lot of the last decade or more," Christie said. "There are some things that have changed under Donald Trump for certain ... but the main Republican principles still remain pretty much the same."
Trump has said a presidency under former Vice President Joe Biden would mean "the complete and total destruction of America."
"I think what he means is that the country's going to turn into a version of the Bernie Sanders/Elizabeth Warren view of the world, which is that the government should become even larger, take over the entire health care system and take over sections of the economy that they've never had possession of before. I think that is something that Republicans, and most independents don't want to buy."
Expanding on that point, Christie said Biden -- who has referred to this as a battle for the soul of America -- "completely sold his soul to get the nomination.
"I think during their convention was to emphasize Joe Biden, the man, as a good, decent honest human being, which I found to be over the 35 years that I've known him. But he has completely sold his soul to get the nomination." Christie said. "This has become the party of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders and AOC -- and Joe Biden is merely the vessel, and certainly not the vessel they wanted, but the vessel that the Democratic primary electorate stuck with for him to pour their philosophy into."
Gov. Chris Christie speaks on the second day of the Republican National Convention on July 19, 2016, at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.
Separately, Christie was asked about the recordings of Trump's sister that surfaced over the weekend -- in which she describes her brother as having "no principles," and alleged that "he doesn't read" and had someone take his college entrance exams on his behalf.
"I think the president and his reaction to it, Jon, is pretty much what you see is what you get," Christie said. "When he says very little like that, I'm sure this hurt him."
Christie said that he feels for the president's sister, retired U.S. Circuit Court Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, because she is being publicly embarrassed.
"The person I feel worse for this morning -- the worst for -- is Judge Barry, who I think was horribly used in the circumstance and is now being embarrassed publicly because she now has greater notoriety because her brother is the president."
As far as the general public, Christie said these recordings won't affect the decisions of voters.
"I think they know there've been problems inside the Trump family. That's been pretty well chronicled and I don't think that's going to determine anybody's vote. The people who agree with what Barry said on that tape are probably already decided not to vote for Donald Trump and vice versa. And I don't think anybody who's undecided at the moment will decide based upon these tapes."
