Mary Trump on why Trump is visiting Alamo, Texas

[dalton99a]

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https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/01/12/mary-trump-alamo-visit-cpt-sot-vpx.cnn

President 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]

1. Maybe he'll speak at the Four Seasons

(Landscaping) in Alamo (not the Alamo)

[Dave in VA]

5. How about

Alamo Car Rental?

[Alacritous Crier]

18. Alamo beer??

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]

2. What's next?

Manhattan, Kansas. The Little Apple?

[DemoTex]

3. Zounds.

Makes total sense now.

[klook]

4. Maybe he'll go to Alamo Rent-a-Car

or Alamo Total Landscaping.

[gibraltar72]

6. Told my wife at dinner

symbolism to inflame people for a heroic last stand.

[cwydro]

7. His cult is not the only ones too lazy to find out.

Numerous posters here have shown complete indifference and non- awareness of this fact.

[Bradshaw3]

32. Maybe you should write to each and every one of them

And share your vast knowledge with them so they can meet your standards.

[Mike 03]

35. Or maybe it's so plainly obvious that people felt it wasn't even mysterious

enough to make a post about?

[Quixote1818]

8. I suspected this. He hits two birds with one stone

Talk about the wall and wink to his cult about violence.

[UTUSN]

9. Seriesly!1 --- wants to go out with mocking raucous guffaws at him?111

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[UTUSN]

28. "happened there" - uh, et tu Ms Mary?!

[dalton99a]

10. The BATTLE OF THE ALAMO happened at the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas. Not Alamo, Texas.

[Cyrano]

13. I remember that Texas was stolen from Mexico by

a bunch of white guys.

[FakeNoose]

16. I've been to the real Alamo, as many Americans have

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]

20. It's changed. It's full of oath keeper types now

[Retrograde]

24. A mostly empty building when I was there 4 years ago

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]

27. A few things happened recently:

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]

30. Did you get to see the basement?

[FakeNoose]

31. +

[roamer65]

11. Nixon did this shit in his last days.

Started visiting hole in the wall places that wouldn’t protest him. He visited my hometown rural area in MI in April 1974.

[Retrograde]

25. Bad Axe?

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. Yup that area of MI.

He was campaigning for Rep Bob Traxler’s opponent.

Bob Traxler was the Democrat and he trounced the Repuke.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

12. Does Trump know everyone at the Alamo died?

Well, except for Duffy from F-Troop. "There we were, me and Davy, shoulder to shoulder, backs to the wall".

[Caliman73]

23. Trump knows very little.

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]

26. Ha ha, have been watching F Troop

Ha ha, have been watching F Troop in the afternoon lately. Glad to see
someone else watches the show.

[Mariana]

34. He doesn't even know that the Alamo isn't in Alamo. nt.

[kentuck]

14. Yep! He's speaking in code to "his people", again...

He's defending the Alamo and he needs their help.

[jpljr77]

15. He's going there to stand in front of a part of his dumb fucking wall. After everything, he wants

his legacy to be one of racism, division and contempt for anyone viewed as "not American enough."

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

17. LOCK HIM UP NOW!

[Caliman73]

19. It isn't random, but it is contrived to deceive.

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.

[dalton99a]

21. +1

[BlueIdaho]

22. Some Newsperson need to call Bullshit

This sort of stunt depends on the stupidity of his deplorables.

[rgbecker]

29. The Four Seasons? Will they spare no expense? nt

[PurgedVoter]

33. This may be Trumps chance to run.

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.

[ThoughtCriminal]

37. Viva Max!

[Dagstead Bumwood]

38. I'm surprised he never took Ivanka to visit Intercourse, PA. n/t

[dalton99a]

39. Or that little village in Austria