In a last video message to his supporters before his arrest, 45th President Donald Trump declared America was now a “third world country.”
The former President was formally arrested and indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg over the manner “hush money” was processed while Trump was allegedly victim to an extortion scheme in 2016 on Tuesday afternoon.
Trump inside the courtroom. pic.twitter.com/wy3pV7WaDx
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) April 4, 2023
Speaking in a video posted to Truth Social on Sunday, Trump said that America was now “officially a third world country. No president in the history of our country has been subjected to such vicious and disgusting attacks. But they only attack me because I fight for you. It’s very simple. They can’t buy me and they can’t control me, and that scares them beyond belief.”
Trump declared that those supporters of his America First agenda were part of the “greatest movement in political history,” and that there’s never been anything like it”:
“Even the fake news media, when they hear me say that, they can’t challenge it, because it’s true. And you think about what we did in 2016. And then we did even better, by many many millions of votes in 2020, but the election was rigged and stolen. But now we’re going to take back our country in 2024.”
While he noted that he has always been self-funded, and rejected big globalist donors, he declared that anyone who was “doing poorly because of Biden’s disastrous policies,” shouldn’t “even think about making a contribution to our campaign.”
“You and your family always come first,” Trump said. “Our movement is about making our life better and putting you first, so I don’t want you to incur any financial costs that you can’t afford.” But for those who were “doing well,” he encouraged donations to his 2024 presidential campaign.
“They’re going to have billions of dollars fighting to make this a communist country, and that’s what they’re doing,” he concluded. “In just a couple of years, our country is going to be richer, stronger, and greater than ever before, but that’s only if we win in 2024. Otherwise, our country will continue to fail. Our country will be a disaster.”
