Capitol Violence vs. Nazi Assault on Jews
“Trump is a failed president”
“The more democracy is trained, the stronger it gets”
[아시아경제 뉴욕=백종민 특파원] ‘Terminator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger, former governor of California, strongly criticized US President Donald Trump for inducing the invasion of Congress and wished President-elect Joe Biden the success.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican member of the Republican Party, criticized President Trump through an eight-minute video message and media interview that he posted on his Twitter on the 10th (local time), emphasizing the unity of Americans.
In a video message, Schwarzenegger said, “I grew up in Austria and I know very well about’Crystalnacht’ (The Night of Crystals).” Crystal Night is a massive plunder and arson against the Jews by the Nazis in 1938. Schwarzenegger was born in 1947 and never went through a night of crystal, “Last Wednesday was the American version of’Amendment Day’,” he said.
He supported the Nazis in Germany, who caused the Crystal Night, and President Trump, who led the invasion of the Capitol. White supremacy-oriented far-right groups were put on the same line.
Schwarzenegger criticized that “the mob not only broke the windows of the Capitol, but shattered the beliefs we took for granted, and not only broke the door of the US Democracy Hall, but also trampled the founding principles.”
He also recalled that he was born in Austria after the end of World War II and paid the harsh price of democracy being destroyed. “All of this is the result of endless lies and intolerance,” he warned about the negative impact of what President Trump has caused.
Schwarzenegger aimed at President Trump, saying, “President Trump tried to overturn the fair election results. He pursued a coup by misleading people.” After defining Trump as a “failed leader,” he criticized him as “the worst president of all time in history.”
Schwarzenegger also delivered a message of hope for Americans. He lifted up a large sword that appeared in the movie’Conan’ in which he appeared, and emphasized, “The sword gets stronger the more it is hammered. The more our democracy is trained, the stronger it gets.”
“Biden will succeed and help our country succeed. I tell those who think they can overturn our constitution. You can’t succeed,” he said.
Schwarzenegger this day In an interview with the Sunday newspaper Bilt Am John Tak, he emphasized that “You are terminated, Mr. President”.
He also argued in a contributing to The Economist in the British weekly magazine on the 5th, a day before the intrusion of the Capitol and the certification of Biden-elect by Parliament, “We must end the president’s stupid, lunatic, and evil tricks now.”
Schwarzenegger and President Trump had a strong relationship even though they belonged to the same Republican Party. President Trump In 2017, he criticized Schwarzenegger, who inherited his reality show’Apprentice’.
New York = correspondent Baek Jong-min [email protected]