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https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/12/mary-trump-alamo-visit-cpt-sot-vpx.cnnPresident Donald Trump's niece, Mary Trump, tells CNN's Chris Cuomo that Trump is "undoubtedly" visiting Alamo, Texas, to invoke the symbolism behind the historic battle that happened there.
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He is visiting some random town on the border named Alamo.
The real Alamo is the old church in San Antonio, which doesn't want him.
But his cult is too lazy to find out.
Kitchari
(2,361 posts)(Landscaping) in Alamo (not the Alamo)
Dave in VA
(2,175 posts)Alamo Car Rental?
Alacritous Crier
(4,060 posts)Maybe he'll stop by the alley in Arlen an have a cold Alamo with the boys...??
Although I'm not sure he'd be welcome.
greymattermom
(5,791 posts)Manhattan, Kansas. The Little Apple?
DemoTex
(25,556 posts)Makes total sense now.
klook
(12,791 posts)or Alamo Total Landscaping.
gibraltar72
(7,621 posts)symbolism to inflame people for a heroic last stand.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Numerous posters here have shown complete indifference and non- awareness of this fact.
Bradshaw3
(7,936 posts)And share your vast knowledge with them so they can meet your standards.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)enough to make a post about?
Quixote1818
(30,056 posts)Talk about the wall and wink to his cult about violence.
UTUSN
(72,156 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 12, 2021, 02:36 PM - Edit history (1)
UTUSN
(72,156 posts)dalton99a
(83,700 posts)Cyrano
(15,270 posts)a bunch of white guys.
FakeNoose
(35,184 posts)The history of the place is impressive and memorable. However the Alamo Memorial is a simple museum (preserved Spanish-style mission) that is in no way grand or gaudy. Chump would probably turn his nose up at it. He'd surely call it a dump, and then he'd move on to some glittering hotel in Houston or Dallas that has 2-story escalators.
LeftInTX
(29,559 posts)Retrograde
(10,563 posts)The museum was a separate building. The Alamo itself was reconstructed over the years (the facade is not original).
There's a string of other missions around San Antonio: a local told me they were more interesting than the Alamo, and that the city ran a free bus service to them and other tourist sites. One of them is still in use as a Catholic church: there's an arrangement between the US Park Service and the church that the latter maintains the active churches while the former maintains the grounds and exhibits. And they acknowledge that people lived in the area before the Americans tried to take over.
LeftInTX
(29,559 posts)The Alamo itself was taken over by the Texas Land Commissioner due to infrastructure issues. (About 5 years ago)
The City of San Antonio along with the Land Commissioner came up with plans for renovating Alamo Plaza.
To open up the space they were going to move this large monument called the cenotaph...the Oath Keepers and all those crazies started to move in around that time to protect the cenotaph.
Then in 2017, came Charlottesville and a confederate statute at a place called Travis Park..(About 2 miles away) The city decided to move the confederate monument. (I know it doesn't have anything to do with the Alamo, but these yahoos think it does and they were already mad about the cenotaph)
Then George Floyd happens, BLM and white nationalists clash on Alamo Plaza. The white nationalists rally around the cenotaph.
In 2020 the state said the cenotaph could not be moved.
The Oath Keepers, White Nationalists are there to protect the cenotaph and not the Alamo.
https://www.tpr.org/2020-09-22/texas-historical-commission-denies-request-to-relocate-alamos-cenotaph-monument
https://texasscorecard.com/local/after-citizen-outcry-state-votes-to-keep-alamo-cenotaph-monument-on-battlefield/
ironflange
(7,781 posts)roamer65
(36,959 posts)Started visiting hole in the wall places that wouldnt protest him. He visited my hometown rural area in MI in April 1974.
Retrograde
(10,563 posts)I was living in Michigan at the time. IIRC, he got a biggish crowd (they didn't see presidents often in those places), got some polite applause, and then when off and voted against the candidates he endorsed.
roamer65
(36,959 posts)He was campaigning for Rep Bob Traxlers opponent.
Bob Traxler was the Democrat and he trounced the Repuke.
Dread Pirate Roberts
(1,930 posts)Well, except for Duffy from F-Troop. "There we were, me and Davy, shoulder to shoulder, backs to the wall".
Caliman73
(11,767 posts)He relies on the emotional weight of the symbol to perpetuate his lies. The Alamo, although mythologized in American History, was actually a bunch of Texans, defying the lawful order of the Mexican government to either give up their slaves or leave the territory. It wasn't a heroic stand against an invading horde. It was the Mexican army trying to push out the invading horde.
All Trump knows is that "Remember the Alamo" was a bigoted battle cry depicting Mexicans as "other" and evil. What he knows is that his supporters are likely as ignorant of the actual history as he is.
tinymontgomery
(2,612 posts)Ha ha, have been watching F Troop in the afternoon lately. Glad to see
someone else watches the show.
Mariana
(14,936 posts)kentuck
(112,491 posts)He's defending the Alamo and he needs their help.
jpljr77
(1,004 posts)his legacy to be one of racism, division and contempt for anyone viewed as "not American enough."
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Caliman73
(11,767 posts)I said this in a post yesterday. "Like everything Trump, this is a knock off. The town of Alamo is actually a nod to the Alamo Mission in San Antonio. Like you said however, Trump likely could not get San Antonio officials to okay using the actual Alamo as a backdrop and likely feared massive protest from San Antonians so he chose Alamo Texas, a town of about 20,000 people, mostly White, along the border, to make his "last stand".
He is an idiot, but his followers are even bigger idiots.
BlueIdaho
(13,582 posts)This sort of stunt depends on the stupidity of his deplorables.
rgbecker
(4,873 posts)PurgedVoter
(2,360 posts)He probably has a bundle of secrets on him to hand over to Putin's men when they take him. I expect they will take the bundle and drop him off a few miles east of South Padre Island.