Donald Trump used his New Years address to do one thing: to praise himself.
He earned the laurels for the development of the corona vaccine.
Angry reactions followed.
Donald Trump
and
First Lady Melania Trump
surprisingly left their
Mar-a-Lago resort
and went to
Washington
.
In his last New Year's speech,
Donald Trump bragged
about the US's success in dealing with the
corona virus
.
Users of social networks react immediately.
Mar-a-Lago / Washington - The outgoing US President
Donald Trump left
his
Mar-a-Lago resort
on Thursday
without further explanation
.
His destination:
Washington
.
Since several Republicans are currently planning a coup to win the
2020 US election
on January 6th
*
Still deciding for himself, Trump's departure suggests that he too is preparing for the appointment.
As the
New York Times
reports, the planned celebrations in
Palm Beach took place
without the US president.
Nevertheless, he had originally planned to participate.
And that despite the fact that numerous guests had already purchased tickets and had traveled there.
The US broadcaster CNN had previously announced that Donald Trump's mood in Mar-a-Lago was strikingly bad.
There was also Zoff in the Trump house: The US President was
not at all satisfied
with the renovations of
First Lady Melania Trump
in
Mar-a-Lago *
.
In keeping with this, Trump simply canceled the New Year's Eve celebration.
According to the American
Business Insider
,
Melania is said to
have accompanied him.
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- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 31, 2020
Donald Trump shows off with corona vaccine: "Everyone calls me to thank me"
Instead, he reported in a video that he shared on his
Twitter account
.
His last
New Years address
as the
45th President of the United States
.
This turned out bizarre.
As expected, reactions on Twitter followed immediately.
Donald Trump
used his New Years address for one thing above all: to pay homage to himself.
“Together we have achieved historic victories that no one ever thought possible.” This is how the
“China virus” was
defeated and millions of lives were saved.
Trump praised himself and his government
for the rapid development of the
corona vaccine *
. For years to come, people will talk about the "great, great thing" that has been achieved.
“Everyone calls me to thank me,” the
outgoing US President
Donald Trump continues
in his video and is proud of the vaccine.
"We must never let people forget where it came from and how it was developed." He went on to add: "Nobody can keep up with us."
Trump's New Years address: US President celebrates - Twitter users react immediately
Twitter users did not have to wait long for comments.
Given the
raging pandemic
in the
US *
saw this little cause for joy.
"It was excruciating to hear - so many lies and so much narcissistic bragging rights," commented a Twitter user.
"He denied it, suggested
using
bleach
, organized
mass super-spreader rallies,"
another.
But there are also voices that
Donald Trump *
confirms in his hymn of praise.
And also
defended
his - unproven - assertion of
election manipulation
.
"If someone in their right mind would just step back and look at the facts, you can clearly see that
President Trump is
the right person for the country," writes a Trump supporter.
We cannot accept fraudulent elections, Mr President.
Please use all available means to protect our republic, ”says another loyalist.
To date, the US has recorded more than 345,000 deaths related to the
coronavirus *
.
The United States is by far the hardest hit country in the world by the pandemic.
(aka) * Merkur.de is part of the Ippen-Digital network.
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