--- title: Donald Trump Holds Rally for Chris Christie Campaign Debt description: Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold a rally to help rival-turned-support Chris Christie pay off his campaign debts canonical: https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-06T21:21:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T17:21:44.242Z article:section: Politics og:title: Trump Will Charge Supporters $200 to Help Christie Pay His Debts og:description: Christie's campaign had more than $400,000 in debt at the end of March og:url: https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98632f1c4303c022/6988924a8e0601939c465c69/donald-trump-chris-christie-rally.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald trump chris christie rally og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Trump Will Charge Supporters $200 to Help Christie Pay His Debts twitter:description: Christie's campaign had more than $400,000 in debt at the end of March twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98632f1c4303c022/6988924a8e0601939c465c69/donald-trump-chris-christie-rally.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump Will Charge Supporters $200 to Help Chris Christie Pay His Debts  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 6, 2016 9:21 PM UTC  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introduced by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a campaign event at Winner Aviation in Vienna, Ohio on Monday March 14, 2016. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is introduced by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie during a campaign event at Winner Aviation in Vienna, Ohio on Monday March 14, 2016.Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 6, 2016 9:21 PM UTC Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will hold a rally to help rival-turned-support Chris Christie pay off his campaign debts, according to an [invitation posted online](https://spark.widgetmakr.com/render/f4436f4d-2e17-4af4-a56c-3c467f8a69a4). The rally, scheduled for May 10, costs $200 per person and will be held in Lawrenceville, N.J. Christie’s campaign reported more than $400,000 in debts and around $287,000 in cash at the end of March, according a _Politico_ [report](http://www.politico.com/blogs/2016-gop-primary-live-updates-and-results/2016/05/chris-christie-donald-trump-debts-fundraiser-222914). Christie earned Trump’s favor earlier this year after dropping out the race as one of the first establishment figures to [endorse the billionaire candidate](http://time.com/4239160/chris-christie-endorses-donald-trump-for-president/). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/"},"headline":"Donald Trump Will Charge Supporters $200 to Help Chris Christie Pay His Debts","datePublished":"2016-05-06T21:21:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T17:21:44.242Z","description":"Christie's campaign had more than $400,000 in debt at the end of March","url":"https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98632f1c4303c022/6988924a8e0601939c465c69/donald-trump-chris-christie-rally.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt98632f1c4303c022/6988924a8e0601939c465c69/donald-trump-chris-christie-rally.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump chris christie rally","caption":"donald trump chris christie rally","creditText":"Jabin Botsford—The Washington Post/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4321898/donald-trump-chris-christie-campaign/","name":"Donald Trump Will Charge Supporters $200 to Help Chris Christie Pay His Debts"}}]}] ```