Piers Morgan has torn a strip off his former friend Donald Trump in the wake of the riots last week, which saw an angry pro-Trump mob storm the Capitol.
Six people have been left dead after the incident, including US Capitol Police officer Brian D Sicknick, whose death is being treated as a federal murder.
Good Morning Britain host Piers spoke on Monday’s episode of the ITV show, saying he “never thought he’d be capable” of inciting the riots which were done in his name.
The 55-year-old said: “I said last week, he has played down to the very worst expectations and predictions of his worst critics, and to everyone who gave him the benefit of the doubt – including me, until the pandemic really hit in March and April and I could see the way he was going and began to attack him last year – but I never imagined the person I’ve known for 15 years would be capable of inciting a mob.”
Piers Morgan has slammed Donald Trump after the US Capitol riots (Image: ITV)
Piers labelled Trump “a threat to American democracy” and said those who had warned that something like this would happen have been “proven right”.
He added: “But Joe Biden will be President. He’s a good man, a decent man, and he needs to somehow restore peace and healing in America – but it’s not going to be easy.”
On January 6, a huge mob of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol and breached police perimeters before entering the building and vandalising and ransacking it for a number of hours.
Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol last week after his call to action (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
They were attempting to overturn Trump’s defeat in the Presidential Election of November 2020, after the reality star-turned-politician whipped them up and called them to action.
The angry group were acting on Trump’s wrongful claims that the 2020 election had been “stolen” from him, and he told them to “fight like hell” to “take back our country”.
Videos of the mob looting the Capitol Building circulated on social media, with images showing Trump supporters wearing clothing with disgusting designs emblazoned on them, including one which read “Camp Auschwitz”.
During or after the incident, five people were left dead – four rioters and one police officer, while 15 other officers were hospitalised.
Capitol Police officer Brian D Sicknick, 42, died from injuries he received during the riot, with officials telling The New York Times that he had been hit in the head with a fire extinguisher.
Meanwhile, Trump was permanently suspended from Twitter, which is where he spewed much of his questionable statements.
Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV
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