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Published 17:34 10 Jan 2021 GMT
Arnold Schwarzenegger has said that the soon-to-be-former President Trump will go down as the worst president in history.
The former governor of California made the statement on Twitter as he recalled growing up in Austria in the wake of World War Two and the long-term impact of the Night of Broken Glass, "a night of rampage against the Jews carried out in 1938 by the Nazi equivalent of the Proud Boys," he explained.
Listen to Schwarzenegger's message below:"Wednesday was the day of Broken Glass right here in the US. The Broken Glass was in the windows of the US Capitol. But the mob did not just shatter the windows of the Capitol, they shattered the ideas we took for granted," he continued.
The Terminator actor said that the mob behind the Capitol riots had "trampled the very principles" of the US.
He added that Trump had sought a coup to overturn the results of the election by "misleading people with lies".
In the video below, Joe Biden calls Donald Trump the most incompetent president in history:"President Trump is a failed leader," he said. "He will go down in history as the worst president ever. The good thing is he will soon be as irrelevant as an old tweet."
As he criticized Trump, Schwarzenegger also slammed the politicians who had "enabled his lies and his treachery" and quoting Teddy Roosevelt's saying that: "Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president."
The actor likened American democracy to a sword and said that it would shine again.
"Now here's the thing about swords. The more you temper a sword, the stronger it becomes," he said.
"Our democracy has been tempered by wars, injustices, and insurrections," he added.
The actor then called for those responsible for the unrest last week to be held accountable for their actions, saying: "I believe as shaken as we are about the events of recent days, we will come out stronger because we now understand what could be lost."
Schwarzenegger then concluded his message by welcoming Joe Biden to the presidency and wishing him every success.
"President-elect Joe Biden, we stand with you today, tomorrow and forever in defence of our democracy from those who would threaten it," he said.
