‘Political theatre’: Trump reacts to Biden’s Capitol Hill speech, says utilizing incident to divide America

A day after US President Joe Biden accused Donald Trump of posing a unbroken risk to American democracy in a speech on the anniversary of the US Capitol assault, the previous president has hit again accusing Biden of “political theatre.”
“This political theater is all just a distraction for the fact that Biden has completely and totally failed,” Trump stated in an announcement shared on his web site.
Trump accused the Democrats of making an attempt to divide America. “The Democrats want to own this day of January 6th so they can stoke fears and divide America. I say, let them have it because America sees through their lies and polarisations,” he stated.
Trump additionally accused Biden to have made a “laughing stock” of America in entrance of the world. “Our country no longer has borders, has totally and completely lost control of Covid (record numbers!), is no longer energy Independent, inflation is rampant, our military is in chaos, and our exit, or surrender, from Afghanistan was perhaps the most embarrassing day in the long and distinguished history of the United States — and so much more,” Trump stated.
The US Capitol is seen via a steam exhaust on the primary anniversary of the assault. (Reuters)
The fiery political speeches by the 2 leaders got here because the United States remembered what’s broadly being thought of as one of many worst safety breaches in US historical past.
On Jan 6, 2021, an armed and indignant mob of Trump supporters stormed Capitol Hill and clashed with police because the Congress convened to validate Biden’s presidential win. Four folks died and dozens of police had been injured as protestors breached barricades and superior into the halls of the Capitol constructing, smashing home windows, defacing property and brawling with police.
Biden on Thursday marked the primary anniversary of the assault by forcefully blaming Trump and his supporters  for holding a “dagger at the throat of democracy” with election lies and warned that America’s system of presidency stays below pressing risk.
“For the first time in our history, a president not just lost an election, he tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of power as a violent mob breached the Capitol,” Biden stated. “You can’t love your country only when you win.”
In an unprecedented transfer, a gaggle of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington DC on Jan 6, disrupting a Congress assembly convened to validate Biden’s presidential win. (AP/file)
The day of remembrance was marked with moments of silence and anguished accounts from lawmakers recalling the terrifying hours of Jan 6.
Recalling the assault, former President Barack Obama stated that it was clear simply how “fragile the American experiment in democracy really is” and the way the “American democracy is at greater risk today than it was back then.”