Arnold Schwarzenegger charged at Donald Trump and compared the assault on the Capitol to a Nazi attack

01/10/2021 4:38 PM

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Updated 01/10/2021 4:38 PM

"As an immigrant from this country, I would like to say a few words to my fellow Americans and to our friends in the world about the events of the last few days," says Arnold Schwarzenegger

at the beginning of a video he shared on his Twitter account

.

Over just over 7 minutes, the actor and former Republican Governor of California

is dispatched with a cataract of criticism against Donald Trump

, comparing the assault on the Capitol by his followers, with a series of Nazi lynchings that occurred before the Second World War.

“I grew up in Austria.

So I am very aware of the

'Night of Broken Glass

', a night of riots against the Jews that was carried out in 1938 by the Nazi equivalent of the Proud Boys ”, Arnold starts.

The former governor of California displayed Conan's sword and compared the strength of his steel to American democracy.

“

Wednesday was Broken Glass Day right here in America

.

But the crowd didn't just smash the Capitol windows, they smashed the ideas we took for granted.

They not only broke down the doors of the building that houses our democracy, they trampled on the principles on which this country was founded ”, he shoots.

The

Terminator

star was

born in 1947, two years after the war ended.

In this regard, he continues to reflect: “I grew up in the ruins of a country that suffered the loss of its democracy.

I've seen how things can get out of hand. "

With the flags of the United States and the state of California in the background, and

epic music playing as he speaks like on the national network

, Schwarzenegger beats Trump without anesthesia,

accusing the leader of his own party of nullifying the results of a fair election. and of attempting a coup by deceiving people with lies

.

Schwarzenegger ruled California for two terms, from 2003 to 2011.

"President Trump is a failed leader. He will go down in history as the worst president in history. The good news is that he will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet," he says, without mincing words.

"But what are we going to do with those elected officials who have allowed their lies and their betrayal?", He seems to ask the Republican electorate. "It would remind them of what Teddy Roosevelt said, that patriotism means being on the side of the country, it does not mean to be next to the president ”, he assured.

Then the popular actor turned to an object from his personal collection to launch a promise worthy of one of his characters.

After displaying the legendary sword of

Conan, the barbarian

, he assured that

"America will return from these dark days and shine again

.

"

“The swords have a peculiarity.

The more they are tempered, the stronger they become.

Our democracy is like the steel of this sword.

The warmer it is, the stronger it becomes.

Our democracy has been tempered through wars, injustices and insurrections.

We are going to come out stronger because now we understand what we can lose ”, he compares.

In another passage of the video,

the former bodybuilder decides to tell for the first time a hard episode from his childhood

to explain how things can get out of control.

“I have never shared this publicly because it is a painful memory, but

my father would come home drunk once or twice a week, yell at us, hit us and scare my mother

.

I never held him responsible because our neighbor did the same to his family and also the next door neighbor.

I heard it with my own ears and I saw it with my own eyes, ”he said.

“They suffered physical and emotional pain because of what they had seen and done.

It all started with lies and intolerance.

So, being from Europe, I have seen first-hand how things can get out of control, ”he explains.

Towards the end of the video,

the actor proposes to close the rift between Americans by asking everyone to join Joe Biden

, the American president-elect.

And he fires a warning that could well come from the mouth of the exterminating cyborg who popularized him in Hollywood: "Those who think they can bring down the Constitution of the United States, know this: 'They will never win."