‘Our way forward’: Outgoing First Lady Melania Trump makes scathing statement after riots in the US Capitol.

Outgoing US First Lady Melania Trump attacked supporters of President Donald Trump, saying she is “disappointed” and “disheartened” by the Capitol riots that rocked Washington DC last week.

In one of her most revealing statements of her four-year tenure, Melania thanked the “millions” of Americans who had supported her and her husband and said it had been “the honor of my life to serve as your First Lady.”

She described the events at the United States Capitol as “tragic” and responded to the “lewd gossip, unwarranted personal attacks, and false and misleading accusations against me.”

It’s unclear what those allegations are, though it received criticism on Friday after CNN revealed that the First Lady was supervising a photo shoot during a table-book siege and appeared “disinterested” in the chaos gripping the country.

Her nonchalance in addressing the country was indicative that she was “checked,” said another White House source, adding, “You are simply not in a mental or emotional place where you want to get involved anymore,” the publication reported.

Her former friend and adviser Stephanie Winston Wolkoff also criticized the First Lady, writing a scathing opinion piece accusing her of standing on the sidelines while the president destroyed America.

Trump responded, stating that she was a target of people who “seek to be relevant and have an agenda.”

She said her “heart goes out to” those killed during the violent riots and that she is “disappointed and discouraged with what happened last week.”

“This time it is only about healing our country and its citizens. It should not be used for personal gain.

“Our nation must heal in a civilized manner. Make no mistake about it, I absolutely condemn the violence that has occurred on our nation’s Capitol. Violence is never acceptable.”

He called on all Americans “to take a moment, pause and look at things from all perspectives.”

“I implore people to stop violence, never make assumptions based on a person’s skin color or use different political ideologies as the basis for aggression and cruelty. We must listen to each other, focus on what unite and overcome what divides us.

“It is inspiring to see that so many have found passion and enthusiasm by participating in an election, but we must not allow that passion to turn into violence. Our way forward is to come together, find our common ground, and be kind and strong people that I know. we are “.

More importantly, he said, “I ask for healing, grace, understanding and peace for our great Nation.”

She spent much of the statement reflecting on the “terrible pandemic” of Covid-19 and the devastating effect it has had on her country with her husband in charge.

“Like all of you, I have reflected on the past year and how the invisible enemy, Covid-19, swept through our beautiful country,” he said in the statement, titled Our Path Forward.

“It is these defining moments that we will look back on and tell our grandchildren that through empathy, strength and determination, we were able to restore the promise of our future.

“Each of you is the backbone of this country. You are the people who continue to make the United States of America what it is, and who have an incredible responsibility to prepare our future generations to leave everything better than what it is. They found”.

The BBC’s Washington correspondent Gary O’Donoghue described his statement as “an independent voice that is demonstrated here, making its point of view clear.”

“Those are strong words. She is a woman who avoids the limelight significantly most of the time, has followed his advice very closely, there have been occasional moments when she has come out from behind the curtain. This is one of they”.

She pointed to the timing of Trump’s statement, “particularly when her husband is under so much pressure.”

“For her to come out and say this, she has indicated in the past that perhaps she is not quite on the same page as the president.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, along with US Democrats, said they would push to remove Donald Trump from office during the final days of his administration after his supporters’ violent attack on Capitol Hill, with some Republicans supporting the measure.

The president could face a historic second impeachment trial before the inauguration of Democrat Joe Biden on January 20, at a time when the United States is affected by a growing pandemic, a failing economy and a devastating divide.

Pelosi, the top Democrat in Congress, said there would be a resolution calling for the cabinet to remove Trump for unfit for office under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.

In an overnight interview with 60 Minutes US, Pelosi described the president as “deranged, deranged and dangerous.”

“It’s only a few days before we can protect ourselves from him, but he has done something so serious that there should be prosecution against him.”

If Vice President Mike Pence does not agree to invoke the amendment, “we will proceed to introduce impeachment legislation” in the House, Pelosi said previously.

“As the days go by, the horror of the current assault on our democracy by this president intensifies and so does the immediate need to act.”

Trump was already indicted once by the Democratic-controlled House in December 2019 for pressuring the Ukrainian president to unearth political dirt on Biden.

He was acquitted by the Republican majority Senate.

Although time is running out, Democrats will likely have the votes in the House to impeach Trump again and could garner greater Republican support for the measure, reports AFP.

But they are unlikely to get the two-thirds majority needed to convict Trump in the 100-member Senate and remove him from office.