CNN’s Jake Tapper put new GOP presidential candidate Chris Christie on the hot seat, asking the former governor of New Jersey why he thinks he has a shot when he got demolished in 2016.

�Now, right now you�re polling in the low single digits,� Tapper said. �I know you haven�t even been in the race for a day. But in 2016, you ran, you placed 10th in Iowa and sixth in New Hampshire before getting out of the race. What is going to make this year different?�

Christie responded by insisting that it’s a completely different race this time around.

�The whole atmosphere is different, Jake,� Christie said. �In 2015 and 2016 we had a situation where Donald Trump had no record to speak of. He had been on a TV show, had been a developer � private developer in New York. There was no way to really make the case against him.�

�This is different today,� he continued. �We know he said he would build a wall across the entire border of Mexico. He didn�t do it. About a quarter of the wall was built. He said Mexico would pay for it. We haven�t gotten our first peso.�

Christie went on to say that Trump failed on practically every major promise he made to his base.

�On promises both big and small, he broke them,� the former governor said. �He disappointed our party. He disappointed the country. And that�s gonna be the focus of this campaign.�

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