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Donald Trump slammed the top strategist for Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign Tuesday and warned Chris Christie against working with him.

“I don’t know Stuart Stevens from a hole in the wall. I don’t know what he looks like. But I will say this, whoever ran that campaign, that is not the person I would want running my campaign if I were running,” Trump told Greta Van Susteren on Fox News.


Earlier on Tuesday, Trump tweeted at Stevens, saying he did a “horrible” job for Romney.

“@stuartpstevens did a horrible job for Mitt—is a refund in order? Sadly, Stuart is a disaster!”

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Trump said Stevens failed at an election that should have been easily won by Romney.

“I thought he did a terrible job for Mitt Romney, absolutely terrible. I think that was an election that should have been won,” Trump said on Fox News. “The result was a total disaster. That was an election that shouldn’t have been lost, and it was an election that wasn’t that close.”

Trump also warned potential 2016 presidential candidate Chris Christie to stay away from Stevens. The New Jersey governor has been working with Stevens on campaign ads.

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“I think probably based on everything I’ve read and heard, [Christie is] going to use a similar group that Mitt used. And of course, Chris is a lot different than Mitt,” Trump said. “I think using Stuart Stevens and the group of people that so badly, I mean, so badly ran Mitt Romney’s campaign, I think it’s a disaster for Chris.”

In reality, Stevens has never been a favorite of Team Christie. It’s his partner Russ Schriefer who has been a Christie adviser since his 2009 campaign.