We should unify round our shared values, rise above partisan rancour: Trump in farewell message

Praying for the success of Joe Biden in protecting America protected and affluent and increasing his greatest needs, outgoing US President Donald Trump in his farewell video message mentioned that now greater than ever, Americans should unify round their shared values and rise above partisan rancour to forge their widespread future.
Trump, in a pre-recorded video message launched by the White House on Tuesday, mentioned to function the President has been an honour past description.
“Thank you for this extraordinary privilege. And that’s what it is — a great privilege and a great honour,” he mentioned.
“This week, we inaugurate a new administration and pray for its success in keeping America safe and prosperous. We extend our best wishes, and we also want them to have luck — a very important word,” Trump mentioned on the eve of his departure from the White House for his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.

Wednesday afternoon, he could be succeeded by Joe Biden because the forty sixth President of the United States. Trump has introduced that he is not going to attend the inauguration of his successor.
Indian-origin Kamala Harris could be sworn in because the Vice President of the US. Outgoing Vice President Mike Pence could be current throughout the inaugural ceremony on the Capitol Hill, dealing with the majestic National Mall.

In his video that lasted rather less than 20 minutes, Trump addressed the storming of the US Capitol by his supporters on January 6, which is taken into account as one of many darkest days within the historical past of American democracy and sought unity from his fellow Americans.
“All Americans were horrified by the assault on our Capitol. Political violence is an attack on everything we cherish as Americans. It can never be tolerated. Now, more than ever, we must unify around our shared values and rise above the partisan rancour, and forge our common destiny,” Trump mentioned.

Listing out a number of the key accomplishments of the US authorities from January 20, 2017 to January 20, 2021, Trump mentioned his administration achieved greater than anybody thought attainable.
“Nobody thought we could even come close,” he mentioned as he referred to the most important bundle of tax cuts, slapping tariffs on China, reaching vitality independence and growth of a COVID-19 vaccine in a file brief span of time.
“We restored American strength at home and American leadership abroad. The world respects us again. Please don’t lose that respect,” Trump mentioned, including that his administration revitalized US alliances and rallied the nations of the world to face as much as China like by no means earlier than.

He additional mentioned on account of “our bold diplomacy and principled realism”, the US achieved a sequence of historic peace offers within the Middle East. “Nobody believed it could happen. Abraham Accords opened the doors to a future of peace and harmony, not violence and bloodshed. It is the dawn of a new Middle East, and we are bringing our soldiers home,” he mentioned.
He additionally asserted that he was “especially proud to be the first President in decades who has started no new wars”.
Trump, 74, mentioned as he leaves the White House after 4 years, he has been reflecting on the risks that threaten the priceless inheritance all Americans share.

“As the world’s most powerful nation, America faces constant threats and challenges from abroad. But the greatest danger we face is a loss of confidence in ourselves, a loss of confidence in our national greatness. A nation is only as strong as its spirit. We are only as dynamic as our pride. We are only as vibrant as the faith that beats in the hearts of our people,” he mentioned.
Trump mentioned the important thing to nationwide greatness lies in sustaining and instilling the shared nationwide id. That means specializing in what Americans have in widespread — the heritage all of them share.
“At the centre of this heritage is also a robust belief in free expression, free speech, and open debate. Only if we forget who we are, and how we got here, could we ever allow political censorship and blacklisting to take place in America? It’s not even thinkable. Shutting down free and open debate violates our core values and most enduring traditions,” he mentioned.

Trump, within the aftermath of the January 6 riot on the US Capitol, has been banned by nearly all of the social media platforms together with Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. He has described this as an assault on free speech.
“In America, we don’t insist on absolute conformity or enforce rigid orthodoxies and punitive speech codes. We just don’t do that. America is not a timid nation of tame souls who need to be sheltered and protected from those with whom we disagree. That’s not who we are. It will never be who we are,” he mentioned on Tuesday on the eve of his departure.
Trump in his farewell speech indicated that he is perhaps out of the White House, however he’ll proceed to have an lively public life.

“Now, as I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning. There’s never been anything like it. The belief that a nation must serve its citizens will not dwindle but instead only grow stronger by the day,” Trump mentioned.
“I go from this majestic place with a loyal and joyful heart, an optimistic spirit, and a supreme confidence that for our country and for our children, the best is yet to come,” he mentioned.