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Donald Trump, a former US president, is standing his own in the face of accusations that he incited violence on Capitol Hill after losing to Joe Biden in 2020 by making unproven claims of a “stolen election.” Trump said that his Democratic Party rivals had previously spoken of “stolen” elections, including when he won in 2016. He was preparing for a Republican Party nomination to run for President again in 2024.
Democrats accuse me of stealing the 2016 election, which is false, according to Mr. Trump. He omitted to specify which Democrats made the “stolen” assertion. While expressing disappointment at Hillary Clinton’s defeat, the party’s leadership congratulated Mr. Trump in 2016.
He responded, “I agree with that,” when asked if accepting defeat in a democratic manner is a democratic value, but he reiterated, “We didn’t lose.”
He responded to a direct question about why he still maintains that: “Facebook CEO (Mark) Zuckerberg claimed two weeks ago that the FBI had approached him on the Russian disinformation campaign and advised him to keep quiet. It was put down.”
He was probably alluding to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent podcast statement in which he said that the FBI had forewarned his business against “some type of dump” that shouldn’t gain notoriety on the social network in advance of the 2020 election. This was soon before to news reports claiming that Hunter Biden, son of eventual winner Joe Biden, possessed a laptop that had information on his dealings with Chinese and Russian businessmen. Since then, according to US officials, neither political corruption nor the laptop are “part of any Russian operation.”
However, Mr. Trump is adamant about disputing the claims that Russia influenced his election. While investigations to date have concluded that Russian organisations spread false information on social media to support the 2016 Trump campaign, they have not established whether Mr. Trump was personally involved.
Regarding the Democratic Party and Joe Biden’s government, Mr. Trump stated in the NDTV interview that “our country is going to hell.” The United States has never been in a position like this when you consider what’s transpired in Joe Biden’s two years in office so far.
He was questioned about if he realises that his accusations of a “illegal” election could lead to violent repercussions, like his supporters assaulting the US government building on January 6, 2021, shortly after his defeat. Then he said: “Democrats have made this claim in relation to many elections for a very long time. People who complain now were also vocal critics of 2016.”
Nearly 900 arrests and more than 300 convictions have been made in relation to the “insurrection” of January 6, but the crucial question of whether or not Donald Trump was aware that his “stolen” statements would incite violence is still being looked into. Mr. Trump disputes that he knew.
