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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. President Donald Trump has railed into Democrats leading the charge for his impeachment.

The president was speaking at the Young Black Leadership Summit at the White House late Friday afternoon at which he was given a rousing reception resembling a campaign rally.

To chants of “four more years,” the president opened up on his opponents, but first he had warms words to say about the U.S. economy and the part the Black community is playing.

“We come together at a time of extraordinary opportunity for our nation,” he said. “Thanks to our pro-American agenda, the economy is booming, wages are rising, and poverty is plummeting. We have the best economy we’ve ever had, and believe me, we’re just getting started. We have such potential. Such potential.”

“Last month, the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in over 51 years – (applause) – 3.5 percent. People didn’t think they were going to see that a couple of years ago. If I would’ve said that, the fake news would’ve said, “This guy is exaggerating.” (Laughter.)

“The unemployment rate for African Americans is at the lowest it’s ever been in the history of our country,” the president to loud applause.

“And African American youth unemployment, young, African American talented people recently reached the lowest rate ever recorded. (Applause.) So how do we lose that debate? We’ll be up and somebody will say, “I’m going to do this.” I say, “Folks, how old is your country?” African American – the best numbers you’ve ever, ever had. And I could go into plenty of other numbers. For the first time ever, as an example, the most new hires of prime working age are minorities and women. (Applause.) The African American poverty rate has reached its lowest level in the history of our country, so that’s good.” (Applause.)

But soon the rhetoric began to shift with the Democrats coming into range.

“Our agenda is lifting up citizens of every background, race, religion, color, and creed. But while we are fighting every day to build up our nation, the far-left only wants to wreck, ruin, and destroy our nation.” (Boos.)

“And you know better than anybody: For the last three years, Democrat lawmakers, their deep-state cronies, the fake news media, they’ve been colluding in their effort to overturn the presidential election – 63 million people voted – and to nullify the votes of the American people. And many African American people voted for Trump even then. Now they like me more, because I said I was going to do it and now I did it. So you better vote. (Applause.) I said I was going to do it. I said, “I’m going to do it.”

‘Four more years! Four more years! Four more years!’

“But the radical Democrats are willing to do anything to smear anyone and to lie about everything in their craven quest for power and money and other things, I guess.” (Laughter.) I don’t want to tell you what those other things are, but they’re not good. Although, maybe when the cameras shut off, we’ll talk.” (Laughter.)

“They’re trying to steal your vote,” said President Trump. “They’re trying to steal your voice and steal your country. They’re trying to steal your country. And they don’t have what it takes. “Shifty Schiff.” How about “Shifty Schiff”? (Booo.)

“He got four Pinnochios today in the Washington Post. He lies like a son of a gun. He’s been lying for three years.” (Laughter.)

“But we will never let that happen, where they take away your country. We will uphold the sacred principle of government by and for the people. That’s you. The corrupt forces in Washington, and they are corrupt, and that includes the media, because large parts of the media – not all of it. You have some great journalists, reporters. But large portions of the media are corrupt, perpetrating these hoaxes like never before,” Trump said.

“The very same people who have made a living selling out American workers to foreign countries. They were closing the factories. You’re losing your jobs. They leave our country, they make the product, they sell the product in. No tax, no nothing. So we ended up with empty factories and no jobs, by the thousands, by the tens of thousands, and jobs by the millions.”

“These are the same bought and paid-for politicians who let special interests write the laws, who push trade policies to enrich foreign nations, and who beg far-left judges to rewrite the Constitution of the United States to impose their their own extreme ideology,” the U.S. president said.

“No one in America has been hurt more as a result of the Democrats’ corrupt leadership and socialist policies than our nation’s African American communities. It’s true. That’s true. It’s true. For a hundred years, for a hundred years, African Americans have gone with the Democrats. Has it worked? (No!),

“My administration is fighting with everyone, and all our heart to reverse the pain inflicted by Democrat leaders and to deliver hope and opportunity and prosperity for all Americans, but for African American communities all throughout our land,” Trump said.

“Together, we will express the corruption, we will defeat the socialists, we will defraud. And I tell you what: We will do what we have to do, but we will stop defrauding all of the people in our country, because they’ve defrauded the people in our country. We’ll defend democracy. And, yes, we will drain the swap. But that’s what we’re doing.” (Applause.)

And so it went on.