Anti-Trump Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger has compared the rioters who stormed Capitol Hill last week to the rise of Nazis in his native Austria, saying that the event calls to mind Kristallnacht, the pogrom against Jews in 1938.
He added that President Trump “will go down in history as the worst president ever” and accused members of the Republican party of “spinelessness” for supporting the commander in chief.
In a video posted to Twitter on Sunday, Arnold Schwarzenegger star sat at his desk, flanked by the American and California flags, with a rousing soundtrack playing in the background.
“As an immigrant to this country, I would like to say a few words to my fellow Americans and to our friends around the world about the events of recent days,” the former Republican governor of California said. “I grew up in Austria. I’m very aware of Kristallnacht, or the Night of Broken