Donald Trump leaves the White House through the back door
In farewell, the outgoing president posted a video on the Internet. If he still does not recognize the victory of Joe Biden, he sent him his "best wishes" for success. He also condemned the violence of his supporters on Capitol Hill, while promising that the movement he initiated was not over.
It's a secret departure for Donald Trump. The outgoing president will not attend the inauguration ceremony of his successor this Wednesday and it is through a video posted on the Internet that he made his last speech at the White House. Still refusing to admit defeat, he nevertheless said he "prayed" that the new administration "succeeds in maintaining the security and prosperity of America". “We send them our best wishes and we wish them luck - a very important word,” he added.
Two weeks after the occupation of Congress by his supporters, Donald Trump, for the first time, explicitly condemned these acts. “All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we hold dear as Americans. This can never be tolerated, he continued. Now more than ever, we must unite around the values we share, overcome partisan resentments and forge our common destiny. "
A movement "in its early days"
However, he remained enigmatic about his future and his ambitions. "The movement that I initiated is only at its beginnings", he warned, without saying more about his intentions and while he is under the threat of a procedure of "impeachment Which could prevent him from running for another term.
The outgoing president especially wanted to take stock of his four years at the head of the country, in the form of self-satisfaction. “We did what we came to do, and much more,” he said at the opening of his speech. […] Our agenda was neither right nor left, it was neither Republican nor Democrat, it was about the good of the nation, and that means the whole nation. "
Self-satisfaction
While the country has just passed the bar of 400,000 victims of Covid-19, Donald Trump welcomed the policy put in place. “When the virus was wreaking havoc on the global economy, we launched the fastest economic recovery our country has ever seen. We have released nearly $ 4 trillion in economic aid, saved or supported over 50 million jobs and halved unemployment. These are figures our country has never seen. "
While the United States appears isolated on the international scene, the outgoing president claimed to have "restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad." The world respects us again. Please don't lose that respect. "And to say" particularly proud to be the first president in decades not to have started a new war. “Except the one he set off on his own soil, some responded on Twitter…
