ປະທານາທິບໍດີ ສະຫະລັດ ທ່ານດໍໂນລ ທຣຳກ້າວເຂົ້າໄປໃນຫ້ອງປະຊຸມທາງທິດຕາເວັນອອກຂອງທຳນຽບຂາວ ຢ່າງສະຫງ່າຜ່າເຜີຍ ໃນວັນພະຫັດວານນີ້ ເພື່ອສະຫລອງການຖືກຕັດສິນໃຫ້ພົ້ນໂທດຢູ່ໃນສະພາສູງ ທີ່ປ້ອງກັນທ່ານໄວ້ບໍ່ໃຫ້ຖືກປົດອອກຈາກຕຳແໜ່ງໃນທັນທີທັນໃດ.
“ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າເຄີຍເຮັດຜິດຢູ່ໃນຊີວິດຂອງຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ, ແລ້ວຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍຈະຍອມຮັບມັນ. ບໍ່ໄດ້ເຮັດຜິດດ້ວຍເຈຕະນາ” ນັ້ນຄືຄຳເວົ້າຂອງທ່ານ ທຣຳ. ທ່ານກ່າວຕໍ່ໄປອີກວ່າ “ແຕ່ວ່າ ອັນນີ້ຄືຜົນໄດ້ຮັບອັນສຸດທ້າຍ” ໂດຍເອົາສຳເນົາໜ້າທຳອິດຂອງຂອງໜັງສືພິມວໍຊິງຕັນ ໂພສທ໌ ທີ່ພາດຫົວຂໍ້ຂ່າວວ່າ “ທ່ານທຣຳຖືກຕັດສິນໃຫ້ພົ້ນໂທດແລ້ວ.”
ຝູງຄົນໃນນັ້ນ ຊຶ່ງສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ແລ້ວແມ່ນທີມກົດໝາຍຂອງທ່ານ, ຄົນໃນຄະນະລັດຖະບານຂອງທ່ານຈຳນວນນຶ່ງ, ບັນດາສະມາຊິກລັດຖະສະພາສັງກັດພັກຣີພັບບລິກັນ ແລະເຈົ້າໜ້າທີ່ໃນທຳນຽບຂາວພາກັນຕົບມືຊົມເຊີຍຢູ່ເລື້ອຍໆ ໃນຕະຫລອດເວລາ 63 ນາທີ ທີ່ທ່ານປະທານາທິບໍດີກ່າວຄຳປາໄສຢູ່ນັ້ນ.
ທ່ານທຣຳເວົ້າເຖິງຄຳເວົ້າທີ່ວ່າ ການຟ້ອງຮ້ອງຕໍ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີນັ້ນ ວ່າ “ເປັນຄຳເວົ້າທີ່ຂີ້ຮ້າຍຫລາຍສຳລັບຂ້າພະເຈົ້າ.” ທ່ານກ່າວຕໍ່ໄປວ່າ “ດຽວນີ້ພວກເຮົາມີຄຳເວົ້າທີ່ສວຍງາມທີ່ເວົ້າວ່າ … ພົ້ນຈາກໂທດທັງໝົດເລີຍ.”
ທ່ານປະທານາທິບໍດີ ໄດ້ເຈາະຈົງຕຳໜິສະມາຊິກສະພາສູງຈາກພັກຣີພັບບລິກັນທີ່ຢູ່ຄົນດຽວ, ທ່ານ ມິດ ຣອມນີ ທີ່ໄດ້ລົງຄະແນນສຽງໃຫ້ປົດທ່ານອອກຈາກຕຳແໜ່ງຢູ່ໃນກະທົງທຳອິດຂອງການຟ້ອງຮ້ອງຕໍ່ປະທານາທິບໍດີ-ນັ້ນກໍຄື ການໃຊ້ອຳນາດໃນທາງຜິດ.
ທ່ານທຣຳເວົ້າວ່າ ທ່ານຣອມນີ “ເປັນຜູ້ລົງສະໝັກເລືອກຕັ້ງປະທານາທິບໍດີທີ່ປະສົບຄວາມຫລົ້ມແຫລວ”. ທ່ານກ່າວເພີ້ມວ່າ “ໃຊ້ສາສະໜາມາເປັນສິ່ງຄ້ຳ”
ທ່ານຣອມນີເປັນສະມາຊິກຂອງສາສະໜາຄຣິດຕຽນນິກາຍເມີມອນ ຊຶ່ງເປັນສາສະໜາທີ່ພົນລະເມືອງສ່ວນໃຫຍ່ໃນລັດຢູທາຂອງທ່ານນັບຖື.
ກ່ອນໜ້ານັ້ນ ໃນມື້ວານນີ້ເຊັ່ນກັນ ຢູ່ໃນການຮັບປະທານອາຫານເຊົ້າເນື່ອງໃນໂອກາດສວດມົນພາວະນາແຫ່ງຊາດນັ້ນ ທ່ານ ທຣຳເວົ້າວ່າ “ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າບໍ່ມັກ ຄົນທີ່ໃຊ້ຄວາມເຊື່ອໃນສາສະໜາຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າມາເປັນຂໍ້ອ້າງເພື່ອແກ້ຕົວໃຫ້ສິ່ງທີ່ ຕົນເອງໄດ້ກະທຳທັ້ງໆທີ່ຮູ້ຢູ່ວ່າມັນຜິດ. ຂ້າພະເຈົ້າກໍບໍ່ມັກຄົນທີ່ເວົ້າວ່າ ‘ຂ້ອຍພາວະນາໄຫວ້ວອນໃຫ້ເຈົ້າ’ ເມື່ອເຈົ້າຮູ້ດີຢູ່ແລ້ວວ່າ ມັນບໍ່ແມ່ນແນວນັ້ນ. ມີຫລາຍຄົນໂພດທີ່ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມເຈັບປວດຍ້ອນ ແລະພວກເຮົາບໍ່ສາມາດຈະປ່ອຍໃຫ້ມັນເປັນແບບນັ້ນຕໍ່ໄປໄດ້ອີກ.”
ອ່ານຂ່າວນີ້ເພີ້ມເປັນພາສາອັງກິດຢູ່ລຸ່ມນີ້
U.S. President Donald Trump strode into the White House East Room on Thursday to celebrate his acquittal in the Senate that prevented his immediate removal from office.
"I've done things wrong in my life, I will admit. Not purposely" said Trump. "But this is what the end result is," displaying a copy of the front page of The Washington Post with the headline "Trump acquitted."
The crowd, mostly composed of his legal team, some members of his Cabinet, Republican lawmakers and White House staff, applauded repeatedly throughout the president's 63 minutes of remarks.
"That's a very ugly word to me," said Trump of impeachment. "Now we have that gorgeous word ... total acquittal."
The president singled out for criticism the lone Republican senator, Mitt Romney, who voted to remove him from office on the first article of impeachment — abuse of power.
Romney, a "failed presidential candidate," Trump said, "used religion as a crutch."
Romney is a member of the Mormon faith (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints), the dominant religion in his home state of Utah.
Earlier in the day, at the annual National Prayer Breakfast, Trump said, "I don't like people who use their faith as justification for doing what they know is wrong. Nor do I like people who say 'I pray for you' when they know that that's not so. So many people have been hurt and we can't let that go on."
In a dramatic speech ahead of Wednesday's votes in the Senate, Romney said, "What the president did was wrong, grievously wrong" in asking Ukraine to launch an investigation of one of Trump's chief 2020 Democratic challengers, former Vice President Joe Biden, and his son Hunter's work for a Ukrainian natural gas company.
The articles of impeachment from the U.S. House of Representatives charged Trump with abusing his power by asking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to launch the Biden investigations while the U.S. president withheld $391 million in military aid to Kyiv to help fight pro-Russian separatists.
Trump released the assistance in September without Zelenskiy announcing any Biden investigations, which Republicans said was proof Trump had not engaged in a quid pro quo deal — U.S. military aid in exchange for the politically-tinged probes.
"A very good phone call," said Trump at the White House Thursday, recalling his July 25, 2019 conversation with Zelenskiy. "I know bad phone calls."
A significant portion of Trump's White House remarks a day after his acquittal was unscripted and devoted to recognizing his Republican supporters in Congress, who he called warriors, for defending him from the push by the opposition Democrats to remove him from office.
"We'll probably have to do it again because these people have gone stone-cold crazy," said Trump, predicting a possible second impeachment attempt by the Democrats, who he also characterized as evil, vicious and mean.
Prior to the president's remarks, Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the Democratic-led House of Representatives, told reporters the president could hold aloft any headlines he wants but, "You're impeached forever. You're never getting rid of that scar and history will always record that you were impeached for undermining the security of our country."
Trump and Pelosi were in the same room at the prayer breakfast where the president also held up front pages of newspapers headlining his acquittal in the Senate.
Trump's impeachment trial was the third against a U.S. president in the country's 243-year-old history that resulted in an acquittal after a Senate trial. President Andrew Johnson in 1868 and President Bill Clinton in 1998 were both exonerated and remained in office to finish their terms.
Trump is running for re-election this year and faces only token opposition within his Republican party. A number of Democrats are vying for their party's nomination to unseat the president in November's general election. Their top candidates include former Vice President Biden, Senators Bernie Sanders and Amy Klobuchar, a young mayor from Indiana, Pete Buttigieg, and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who is funding his own campaign from his vast fortune.
