Chris Christie floats Social Security cuts, slams Trump over ‘crazy stuff’ in documents case

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Tuesday that U.S. leaders “need to deal with Social Security” and vowed not to shy away from entitlement reform if he becomes the 2024 Republican presidential nominee.

“We have to look at things like means testing for the very wealthy [who] don’t need to get Social Security,” Christie said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.”

“And secondly, for people in their 30s and 40s we need to consider, you know, raising the retirement age,” he said.

Christie, one of the latest entrants in the primary race, delved...