The former governor of California, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger said tonight that US President Donald Trump is an unsuccessful leader who will be remembered in history as the worst head of the American state.
Schwarzenegger, a Republican like Trump, expressed his satisfaction in a video message that Trump's term ends in 10 days and that, he said, "soon he will be as irrelevant as an old tweet."
He called for national unity and announced his support for the new president, Democrat Joseph Biden.
Schwarzenegger, known for his roles in action films, was the governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
He compared the mob that stormed the US Capitol to the Nazis: he said that "Wednesday was 'Kristallnacht' and that's right here in the United States."
In Germany and Austria in 1938, the Nazis vandalized Jewish homes, schools and businesses during an attack called "Kristallnacht" ("Night of Broken Glass").
"The glass in the windows of the United States Capitol was broken. But the mob didn't just break the windows of the Capitol, they also broke the ideas we took for granted," Schwarzenegger said.
"They trampled on the very principles on which our country was founded."
Schwarzenegger, who was born in Austria, compared the far-right American extremist group "Proud Boys" to the Nazis.
Some of the organization's leaders were arrested in Washington before and after Wednesday's riots.
“To those who think you can overthrow the Constitution of the United States, know this: You will never win!” Schwarzenegger said.
During the seven-and-a-half-minute video, Schwarzenegger compared American democracy to the sword he carried in his role as "Conan the Barbarian," which he said "gets stronger the more it's sharpened."
"I believe that as much as we are shaken by the events of the last few days, we will be stronger because we now realize what can be lost," he said, adding that both those behind Wednesday's riots and those who incited them will be held accountable. .
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