Chris Christie gifts Zelensy handwritten lyrics to Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s My Life’ as ‘inspiration’

New Jersey ex-Gov. Chris Christie is doing his half to ensure Ukraine can take coronary heart from greater than residing on a prayer.

Throughout an unannounced visit to the war-torn nation Friday, Christie gifted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky handwritten lyrics to the Bon Jovi hit “It’s My Life” from the famed signer himself.

“[The song] served as an inspiration for lots of the residents in Odessa, as they had been getting ready for the invasion by the Russians,” Christie advised CNN’s”State of the Union” Sunday.

“[Bon Jovi] wrote it out in his personal hand, obtained it framed, and I introduced it to President Zelensky … and mentioned that that is consultant of lots of the American folks and what they really feel in regards to the trigger that’s being fought for in Ukraine.”

Christie grew to become the second present 2024 GOP presidential contender to go to Ukraine, following former Vice President Mike Pence, who did so in June.

On the Democrat aspect, President Biden additionally swung by the besieged nation in February to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.

Within the Sunday interview, the Backyard State native recounted a number of the horrific brutality he noticed throughout his journey to Ukraine, which he billed as a fact-finding mission.

Christie has lengthy defended US help of Ukraine — together with to conservative grumblings.

He mentioned he desires the American folks to “know in regards to the atrocities that had been being and are being dedicated towards the free Ukrainian folks.”

“I went to the city of Bucha the place I went to a shallow grave of 160 civilians who had been executed by the Russian military,” Christie recounted. “However earlier than they had been executed, for a lot of of them, their eyes had been gouged out. Their ears had been reduce off.”

“Then their arms had been tied behind their again they usually had been shot at the back of the pinnacle by Russian troopers. Civilians. Not troopers, civilians,” Christie harassed. “Then Russian troopers went in and raped the moms and the daughters that had been in the home after the boys of the home had been killed.”

He additionally took notice of how Ukraine has been closely outgunned by its Russian neighbors, together with by a “almost 11 to at least one” ratio in artillery.

In acquainted Christie fashion, the ex-governor additionally zinged former President Donald Trump for describing Russian President Vladimir Putin as good and a very good chief.

“That’s the sort of factor that Donald Trump will convey again to the presidency,” Christie warned.

The 60-year-old presidential hopeful has lengthy been a diehard fan of New Jersey rock stars Bon Jovi and Bruce Springsteen.

“I like them each,” he previously told The Post when asked about which one was his favorite.