…and “The movement we started is only just beginning”
President Trump gave a farewell video address on Tuesday, saying that his administration “did what we came here to do, and so much more.”
The address is very different from the Trump we’ve seen in his final weeks as president – one who has refused to accept his loss, who peddled conspiracy theories that fueled the attack on the Capitol, and who is boycotting his successor’s inauguration.
In prepared remarks released by the White House, Trump touted his administration’s Middle East peace deals and its rallying of nations to “stand up to China like never before.”
- He also condemned the January 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters, but added, “As I prepare to hand power over to a new administration … I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.”
- “I am especially proud to be the first president in decades who has started no new wars,” Trump says.
The president has remained largely out of the spotlight in recent days amid the ban from his preferred platform Twitter, a second impeachment and looming Senate trial.
- The president who was expected to issue a flurry of last-minute pardons and commutations before he exits the office, has made it real last night with 143 pardons and commutations; including his chief strategist, Steve Bannon.
Trump is not set to attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday but will instead end his term with a “military-style send-off.”