DHAKA: New Jersey governor and former Republican candidate Chris Christie is endorsing frontrunner Donald Trump for president, he has announced.

Christie dropped out of the 2016 presidential race after a lacklustre showing in polls and state races.

‘I’m happy to be on the Trump team and I look forward to working with him,’ Christie said, reports the BBC.

Trump gives Republicans the best chance to win the White House, he added.

He said junior senators Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, both running for president, were ‘unprepared’ for the job.

There was ‘no question’ that Trump will turn around Washington, Christie continued, and keep Democratic candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from winning the White House.

Chris Christie’s endorsement allows Donald Trump help assure voters wary of Trump’s brash style that he’s an acceptable candidate.

He can also serve as an attack dog, tearing into Marco Rubio the way he did during that fateful debate in New Hampshire.

The Christie endorsement could signal a new phase of Trump’s presidential campaign, when prominent politicians begin to make peace with the reality of a Trump nomination.

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