In a special speech delivered after his Senate election, the US president thanked his Republican friends: "It was a witch hunt that started as soon as I announced the start of my campaign," he said of the impeachment process.
US President Donald Trump celebrated his undisputed acquittal in the Senate impeachment trial on Thursday. Trump made a special speech at the White House this evening, and even earlier he even scoffed at the acquittal at a breakfast breakfast with clergy.
Senate decides: President Trump will not be rejected // Photo: Reuters
In an evening speech, he invited his good friends in the Republican Party and his defense team. Trump thanked them for ending the Ukraine-Gate affair (meanwhile) under which Democrats questioned his conduct against the Ukrainian president, eventually indicting him for allegedly violating the constitution and abusing his powers by allegedly providing military assistance to Ukraine in opening an investigation into Ukraine's business Of Joe Biden's family members, who may face him in the general election.
Trump, who initially denied that he had acted improperly when delaying military aid to Ukraine in the summer, attacked Democrats again. "It was a witch hunt that started as soon as I went down the escalator to announce the start of my campaign," he said today. "It never stopped, it went on for the last three years. It was corrupt. It also included dirty lawmakers, leaks and liars, and it should never happen to any president. I don't know what other presidents could have done."
"The results are amazing," President Trump // Photo: Reuters
Trump thanked his wife Melania, who should have been with him "in the very unfair situation." He went on to thank those in attendance at the court, saying that they were "very good friends."
He added that he was not just a speaker. "It's not a press conference, it's not a speech, it's a celebration because everything worked out. It's a total credit," Trump said. "We went through hell for no wrong in our minds ... and that is the result," he added while raising the Washington Post issue which reads in large format "Trump wins." At this stage, people were applauding.
"Maybe I'll close this issue, because it's the only headline I've ever published for me in The Washington Post," he joked. Earlier yesterday, another issue of the "USA Today" featured a major "winner".
Pelosi rips off transcripts of Trump speech // Photo: Reuters
"You have to understand, first it was Russia-Russia-Russia," he said, adding a lively curse live. "Then there was the Muller report (on Russia; AL), and it took them two years to do it - and ruined people's lives, ruined people who wanted to work in Washington's life," he said, adding, "and then we found ourselves victorious in Russia." , The president noted, calling it "inconceivable evil." He thanked his party members who prevented his impeachment in the Senate by withholding a two-thirds majority for his conviction. "Republicans have been with the wisdom and power to do what everyone knows is the right thing to do."
He rebuked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for initiating the impeachment. "She is a terrible and cruel woman. She wanted to prosecute me long ago. She said she prayed for me, but she didn't," he said. They say they are praying for you, and you know that's not true. "