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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:25 PM Jan 2021

Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump enters the last days of his presidency isolated and shunned by former allies and members of his own party as he faces a second impeachment and growing calls for his resignation after his supporters launched an assault on the nation’s Capitol in an effort to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power.

Cut off from the social media channels that have been the lifeblood of his presidency, Trump will nonetheless try to go on offense in his last 10 days, with no plans of resigning.

Instead, Trump is planning to lash out against the companies that have now denied him his Twitter and Facebook bullhorns. And aides hope he will spend his last days trying to trumpet his policy accomplishments, beginning with a trip to Alamo, Texas, on Tuesday to highlight his administration’s efforts to curb illegal immigration and border wall construction.

Trump’s decision to travel to Alamo — named after the San Antonio mission where a small group of Texans fighting for independence against the Mexican government were defeated after a 13-day siege — served as a symbol of his defiance as he faces the most volatile end of any presidency in modern history.

https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-remain-defiant-a7311457742849c050e9e01fd192c994

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Trump remains defiant amid calls to resign (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 OP
What policy accomplishments? 360,000 dead Americans? onecaliberal Jan 2021 #1
Texans wanted their independence because Santa Anna outlawed slavery. marie999 Jan 2021 #2
Slavery was outlawed when Mexico broke from Spain Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2021 #8
So taking the last battle, the last stand, to the Alamo. Is that what I am hearing, and wow. LizBeth Jan 2021 #3
Was thinking the same thing... does he know they loss ace3csusm Jan 2021 #5
I wondered the same thing. nt Phoenix61 Jan 2021 #7
Right. LizBeth Jan 2021 #9
'cept he's not going to THE Alamo... Totally Tunsie Jan 2021 #11
Oh, ok. Well Texas takes names of all kinds of places like Paris, Tx. My bad, lol. Optics LizBeth Jan 2021 #12
Rudy is planning on meeting him at THE Alamo... SeattleVet Jan 2021 #14
ik,r? Totally Tunsie Jan 2021 #15
yes bdamomma Jan 2021 #13
Not even "The Alamo". Like everything Trump, it is a knock off. Caliman73 Jan 2021 #16
He probably didn't know Alamo was in SA and told them, no no I want to go to Alamo Tx, lol. LizBeth Jan 2021 #18
Ha! That's as good an explanation as any. Caliman73 Jan 2021 #19
Ya, lol. Whatever you want boss, Lol LizBeth Jan 2021 #20
Mrs. Canon and I used to live in Alamo. CanonRay Jan 2021 #4
maybe he can stay in one of his cages... stillcool Jan 2021 #6
Putie wanted him in the White House because trDump fucks everything up royally. magicarpet Jan 2021 #10
Of Course he does.. that's What Psychotic Cha Jan 2021 #17

Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,234 posts)
8. Slavery was outlawed when Mexico broke from Spain
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:36 PM
Jan 2021

I don't know if Santa Anna had anything to do with it but you are correct slavery was why the white Texans rebelled.

Totally Tunsie

(10,885 posts)
11. 'cept he's not going to THE Alamo...
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:40 PM
Jan 2021

He's going to Alamo, TX, which is about 225 miles away from *the* Alamo in San Antonio.

LizBeth

(9,952 posts)
12. Oh, ok. Well Texas takes names of all kinds of places like Paris, Tx. My bad, lol. Optics
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:42 PM
Jan 2021

would be horrendous but they are that stupid.

bdamomma

(63,923 posts)
13. yes
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:43 PM
Jan 2021

tRump will say to incite his goons without knowing about history " Remember the Alamo". And that will be their call.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
16. Not even "The Alamo". Like everything Trump, it is a knock off.
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 07:06 PM
Jan 2021

Alamo is on the Southern Border while "The Alamo", is in San Antonio. Alamo is hundreds of miles away. But, like everything Trump does, he is hoping the confusion with the name will allow him to invoke the imagery of "The Alamo" while not having to go to San Antonio, where there would no doubt, be massive protests.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
19. Ha! That's as good an explanation as any.
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 07:42 PM
Jan 2021

He is dumb as a bag of hammers. His staff, knowing that San Antonio would bring massive protests probably said, "sure, we can go to Alamo" wiping the sweat from their brows. I am sure that they have used his ignorance to their advantage quite a few times.

magicarpet

(14,175 posts)
10. Putie wanted him in the White House because trDump fucks everything up royally.
Mon Jan 11, 2021, 06:40 PM
Jan 2021

trDump was too stupid to realize his nasty background was way too tarnished to stand up to the bright lights and microscopic exposure of those who he is constantly offending and trashing.

This Mafioso thug is a pink feather duster who ends up causing himself far more harm than he causes anyone else.

"The Dawn-ald"... wasn't he a pom pom girl in college ?

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