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President Donald Trump points to a member of the audience before speaking near a section of the US–Mexico border wall on Jan. 12, 2021, in Alamo, Texas.
MCALLEN, Texas Besieged by political crises after inciting a deadly insurrection on the US Capitol, President Donald Trump on Tuesday returned to one of the bread-and-butter issues that helped catapult him into office: the border wall.
Touring the construction near San Juan in South Texas, Trump appeared true to his former campaign self, waving at supporters and hyping the project’s progress as a political victory at a time when his legacy has taken a huge hit.