"What I said was totally appropriate," Trump told reporters as he left for a trip to the U.S.-Mexico border wall near Alamo, Texas, his first public foray since the assault on the Capitol. The Republican president did not answer a reporter's question about whether he would resign. Pence advisers say he is opposed to the idea, and Trump told reporters in Texas he was not worried about the prospect. Democrats could also use an impeachment trial to push through a vote blocking Trump from running for office again. The House impeached Trump in December 2019 for pressuring Ukraine's president to investigate Biden, but the Republican-controlled Senate acquitted him in February 2020.

Source: bd News24 January 12, 2021 22:07 UTC