On Tuesday night, former President Trump spoke to the country following his arraignment hearing in Manhattan.
“They can’t beat us at the ballot box, so they try and beat us through the law. That’s the country in which we live, however,” Trump said during his closing remarks. “The USA is a mess. Our economy is crashing, inflation is out of control. Russia has joined with China. Saudi Arabia has joined with Iran. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea have formed together as a menacing and destructive coalition. It would have never happened if I were your president, would never have happened. Russia attacking Ukraine. All of those lives would be saved. All of those beautiful cities would be stand.”
“Our currency is crashing and will soon no longer be the world standard, which will be our greatest defeat, frankly, in 200 years. That will take us away from being even a great power,” he continued. “If you took the five worst presidents in the history of the United States and added them up, they would not have done near the destruction to our country as Joe Biden and the Biden administration have done.”
“Incredibly, we are now a failing nation. We are a nation in decline. And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. We can’t let that happen,” Trump concluded. “With all of this being said, and with a very dark cloud over our beloved country, I have no doubt nevertheless that we will Make America Great Again.”
Earlier that day, Trump was arrested after surrendering himself to the Manhattan district attorney’s office to face nearly three dozen felony charges.
He was charged with 34 felonies of falsifying business records over his alleged hush money payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and Playboy model Karen McDougal.