ARNOLD SCHWARZENGGER GIVES DONALD TRUMP A FREE LESSON IN HOW TO CONDEMN NAZIS
Arnold Schwarzenegger has given Donald Trump a free lesson in how to condemn Nazis.
The Terminator star and former Republican Governor of California decided to help his US Apprentice predecessor out by rewriting his response to the white supremacist march in Charlottesville, Virginia.
Trump drew criticism on Tuesday after claiming there was blame on "both sides" of the clashes, suggesting there were "fine people" among the neo-Nazis and suggesting equivalence with the anti-fascist counter protest.Arnold hit out at the President and pledged to donate $100,000 to the anti-hate organization the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
“There are not two sides to bigotry. There are not two sides to hatred. And if you choose to march with a flag that symbolizes the slaughter of millions of people, there are not two sides.“The only way to beat the loud, angry voices of hate is to meet them with louder, more reasonable voices.
“And that includes you, President Trump.”He said the President had a “moral responsibility” to unequivocally speak out against hate groups - and gave a suggestion of how that could go.
“As President of the United States, and as a Republican, I reject the support of white supremacists.
The country that defeated Hitler’s armies is no place for Nazi flags.
The party of Lincoln won’t stand with those who carry the battle flags of the failed Confederacy.”
Turning to the Trump bobble head on his desk, Schwarzenegger asked: “Was it that difficult?”It should be noted,
however, that Arnie's feelings on fascism have hardened somewhat over the years
In the 1977 film Pumping Iron, a documentary about his fight to retain the bodybuilding title of Mr.
He later acknowledged he'd admired Adolf Hitler, but only for his skills at public speaking. In his 2012 autobiography,
Total Recall, he admitted: "I admired Hitler’s speaking ability, though not what he did with it."
Trump drew criticism on Tuesday after claiming there was blame on "both sides" of the clashes, suggesting there were "fine people" among the neo-Nazis and suggesting equivalence with the anti-fascist counter protest.Arnold hit out at the President and pledged to donate $100,000 to the anti-hate organization the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
“There are not two sides to bigotry. There are not two sides to hatred. And if you choose to march with a flag that symbolizes the slaughter of millions of people, there are not two sides.“The only way to beat the loud, angry voices of hate is to meet them with louder, more reasonable voices.
“And that includes you, President Trump.”He said the President had a “moral responsibility” to unequivocally speak out against hate groups - and gave a suggestion of how that could go.
“As President of the United States, and as a Republican, I reject the support of white supremacists.
The country that defeated Hitler’s armies is no place for Nazi flags.
The party of Lincoln won’t stand with those who carry the battle flags of the failed Confederacy.”
Turning to the Trump bobble head on his desk, Schwarzenegger asked: “Was it that difficult?”It should be noted,
however, that Arnie's feelings on fascism have hardened somewhat over the years
In the 1977 film Pumping Iron, a documentary about his fight to retain the bodybuilding title of Mr.
Olympia, he expressed a certain admiration for dictators.He said: "I was always dreaming about very powerful people, dictators and things like that.I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even, like Jesus, be for thousands of years remembered."
He later acknowledged he'd admired Adolf Hitler, but only for his skills at public speaking. In his 2012 autobiography,
Total Recall, he admitted: "I admired Hitler’s speaking ability, though not what he did with it."
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