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Donald Trump especially praised himself in his last New Year’s Eve speech as president of the United States. He does not mention his defeat in the election, not even the many Americans who died from the corona virus.
The president-elect of the United States, Donald Trump, praised the achievements of the country under his leadership before the turn of the year. There have been “truly historic victories,” Trump said in a video message posted Thursday. (You can see the most important statements in the video above or here.) In particular, he praised the rapid production of coronavirus vaccines and thanked scientists, doctors and the military. Vaccines would end the pandemic once and for all, Trump said.
The president went on to say that the country had faced the corona pandemic “dramatically better” economically than experts had predicted. “No one can keep up with us” in terms of the less severe recession and rapid rebound, Trump said.
There is no defeat against Biden
Trump did not speak about the dramatic scale of the pandemic, which continues to plague the US economy. Within a week, hundreds of thousands of Americans reapplied for unemployment benefits, and according to the latest figures, about 19.6 million people in the United States receive some form of unemployment benefit. A year earlier it was only around 1.8 million.
Trump also did not mention the presidential election in his message. He came out of it as a loser, but does not recognize the victory of his Democratic challenger Joe Biden. Biden’s inauguration is scheduled for January 20.
