{"id":3256,"date":"2021-01-12T22:50:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2021-01-12T22:54:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T04:54:28","slug":"trump-visits-completed-border-wall-in-a-rio-grande-valley-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2021\/01\/12\/trump-visits-completed-border-wall-in-a-rio-grande-valley-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump visits completed border wall in a Rio Grande Valley city"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-1140x760.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-380x254.jpg 380w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_3451-285x190.jpg 285w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>President Donald Trump salutes as he walks off Air Force One earlier today at Harlingen\u2019s Valley International Airport for his visit to the Rio Grande Valley. The president\u2019s visit to Alamo is to highlight the completion of more than 400 miles of border wall. JUSTIN ELIZALDE\/VAQUERO RADIO PHOTOS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">President Donald Trump traveled to the Rio Grande Valley earlier today to promote the completion of more than 400 miles of border wall in Alamo just days before he is expected to leave office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The border wall is just one of several promises the president made to voters in his 2016 campaign. In a<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aLjfWxy2qjo\">video<\/a><\/strong> by the White House before leaving for the RGV, the president said the wall has been successful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cIt\u2019s been tremendously successful, far beyond what anyone thought,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;We\u2019re stopping, in large numbers, the drugs coming into the country for many, many years and decades.&nbsp; We\u2019re stopping a lot of illegal immigration.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Vx_yPIfvQlA&amp;t=1s\"><strong>video<\/strong><\/a> of his speech in Alamo, Trump said he inherited open borders where people were pouring in at will and has now completed a promise, he said, other politicians didn\u2019t come through with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cBut unlike those who came before me, I kept my promises,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And today we celebrate an extraordinary milestone: the completion of the promised 450 miles of border wall.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The president was expected to arrive at Valley International Airport in Harlingen where he would take Marine One to McAllen. Once in McAllen, he would travel to Alamo to speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-twitter wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Friends, family, employees of the airport and some community partners line up in TSTC Harlingen\u2019s parking lot to be shuttled to where President Trump will arrive later today for his visit to the RGV. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dJgywUpqDv\">pic.twitter.com\/dJgywUpqDv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Vaquero Radio (@VaqueroRadio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VaqueroRadio\/status\/1349035958528827394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/cityofalamo\/photos\/a.205206242841249\/4128733573821810\/\">statement<\/a> <\/strong>by Alamo City Manager Robert Salinas, he nor the city commission were made aware of the president\u2019s visit but urged for any demonstrations to remain peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cRegarding any potential protests or support for the President, we ask that all demonstrations are peaceful and respectful towards our law enforcement personnel and our surrounding communities,\u201d Salinas said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>McAllen mayor Jim Darling issued a similar <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAllenTX\/posts\/10161211776506515\">statement<\/a>,<\/strong> adding it is not within his authority to prevent the president from visiting.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In contrast, Cameron County Judge Eddie Trevi\u00f1o, Jr. issued a news <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cameroncounty.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/1.12.21-President-Trumps-Visit.pdf\">release<\/a> <\/strong>asking for Trump to not travel to the Valley or to Cameron County, citing health and safety risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cWe are requesting that President Trump not travel to Cameron County or the Rio Grande Valley as such a public event may trigger similar conduct and further affect the current severe COVID-19 crisis located in Cameron County and the Rio Grande Valley,\u201d Trevi\u00f1o said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the first public event for Trump since the rioters attacked the Capitol where a joint session of Congress was meeting to<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1347258169077202944?s=20\">validate Electoral College votes<\/a><\/strong> for President-elect Joe Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of Congress, such as House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/newsroom\/11021-0\"><strong>Nancy Pelosi<\/strong><\/a> and Senate Majority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1347356397919473666?s=20\"><strong>Chuck Schumer<\/strong><\/a>, have urged for Vice President Mike Pence to invoke the 25th amendment which would deem the president unfit to hold office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump said the 25th amendment would not affect him but made a warning for Biden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThe 25th Amendment is of zero risk to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration,&#8221; he said &#8220;As the expression goes: Be careful what you wish for.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the president\u2019s second visit to the RGV to visit the border after a visit in January 2019. The president left back home at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Vaquero News, I\u2019m Justin Elizalde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"alignnormal\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-3268\" style=\"max-width: 1920px;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-108-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-3268 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-default\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Trump 2021\" data-height=\"1200\" data-width=\"1920\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_3268\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_3268\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3270 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-01-12 22:23:37\" data-filename=\"Trump_visit-6-1800x1125.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trump_visit-6-1800x1125.jpg\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3268 slide-3270 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trump_visit-6\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">A crowd of people attempt to take photos and videos of President Donald Trump as he thanks the crowd for their support before boarding Marine One to fly to McAllen. Trump is making his second visit to the Rio Grande Valley to mark the completion of the border wall at the 450th mile of the wall in Alamo.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3271 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-01-12 22:23:37\" data-filename=\"Trump_visit-4-1800x1125.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trump_visit-4-1800x1125.jpg\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3268 slide-3271 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trump_visit-4\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">President Donald Trump holds a red USA cap as he waves and walks down from Air Force One at Harlingen\u2019s Valley International Airport for his visit to the border in Alamo. This is the second visit the president has made after his initial visit to the border in 2019.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3272 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-01-12 22:23:37\" data-filename=\"Trump_visit-3-1800x1125.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trump_visit-3-1800x1125.jpg\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3268 slide-3272 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trump_visit-3\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Local community members, airport employees and their friends and families take photos at Harlingen\u2019s Valley International Airport as they await the arrival of President Donald Trump to the Rio Grande Valley to visit the 450th mile of the border wall in Alamo.<\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3273 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-01-12 22:23:37\" data-filename=\"Trump_visit-2-1800x1125.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trump_visit-2-1800x1125.jpg\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3268 slide-3273 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trump_visit-2\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\"> A Marine salutes Air Force One as it taxis into Valley International Airport in Harlingen for President Donald Trump\u2019s visit to Alamo for the completion of the border wall that the president promised in 2016. This is the second visit for President Trump to the Valley since 2019 where he also visited the border. <\/div><\/div><\/li>\n                <li style=\"display: none; width: 100%;\" class=\"slide-3275 ms-image \" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" data-date=\"2021-01-12 22:29:25\" data-filename=\"Trump_visit-1800x1125.jpg\" data-slide-type=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Trump_visit-1800x1125.jpg\" height=\"1200\" width=\"1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"slider-3268 slide-3275 msDefaultImage\" title=\"Trump_visit\" \/><div class=\"caption-wrap\"><div class=\"caption\">Adults and children enter a designated waiting area in cold weather and gusty winds for President Trump\u2019s visit to the Rio Grande Valley for a second time since 2019. 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