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US President Donald Trump finally called the supporters who stormed the building a “mob”, in his first live speech since inciting a mob that overran the Capitol last week resulting in the deaths of five people. He also warned Democrats not to remove him from office in his final days. President Trump was vehement that House Democrats’ plan to have him removed and replaced by Vice President Mike Pence either through the 25th Amendment or impeachment would only further inflame tensions. He delivered his words on Tuesday at a segment of the US-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. Trump said, “It’s causing tremendous anger and division and pain far greater than most people will ever understand, which is very dangerous for the USA, especially at this very tender time”.

President Trump also said Democrats’ desire to have Pence remove him via the 25th Amendment would come back to haunt the Biden administration. He said, “The 25th Amendment is of zero risks to me but will come back to haunt Joe Biden and the Biden administration. As the expression goes, be careful what you wish for”. Point to be noted that Trump and his top aides repeatedly called Biden’s mental cognition into question throughout his 2020 presidential campaign. They alleged the 78-year-old Democratic president-elect may not be fit to hold office. Biden’s campaign and transition team have repeatedly shot down such speculation, which exploded in popularity in the conservative online ecosystem. The former vice president’s physician released a three-page medical summary in 2019.

The summary said, “Biden was a healthy, vigorous, 77-year-old male, who is fit to successfully execute the duties of the Presidency to include those as Chief Executive, Head of State and Commander in Chief”. Trump’s speech on Tuesday was mostly around his administration’s progress erecting segments of the physical barriers along the US-Mexico border. However, he claimed of the southern border, “We fixed it and we secured it”. The president started his speech with a plea for peace and for calm. His remarks were supposed to placate his detractors who have alleged the president of inciting the riot at the Capitol. One US Capitol Police officer, 41-years old Brian Sicknick was killed amid the chaos. Trump reiterated his denunciation of the mob that he himself helped incite.