Ann Coulter: Trump acting as if he wants to be impeached
Conservative commentator Ann Coulter isn't a fan of President Trump's team for negotiating an end to the partial government shutdown.
Comprised of Vice President Mike Pence, White House adviser and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, and Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, Coulter tweeted this group is a recipe for Trump to end up "impeached."
Coulter's tweet Sunday came hours before the trio returned to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, D.C., to continue negotiations with Democratic aides. Meanwhile Trump is at Camp David in Maryland, meeting with top staff about the border.
The partial government shutdown is the result of Trump demanding $5.6 billion in funding for a barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border; Democrats, once again control of the House, are not willing to give more than $1.3 billion in annual border funding.
Coulter has been one of the staunchest supporters of Trump's border wall pledge, which stems back to the 2016 campaign. But that support is double-edged, as the commentator often criticizes the president for not yet fulfilling his stated goal.
In a recent radio interview on "Mark Simone Show" on 710 WOR in New York, Coulter predicted Trump will "fold in the end" on a spending deal. That came after she told a Daily Caller podcast that without a wall, Trump's time in office will "just have been a joke presidency who scammed the American people, amused the populist for a while, but he’ll have no legacy whatsoever.”
Trump has brushed off talk of impeachment in recent days, stirred up again by freshman Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, arguing that, "You can’t impeach somebody that’s doing a great job."
The prospect of giving up on his wall has led to some dire warning by key allies. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., told Fox News last week that doing so would be the "end of his presidency" as he neglects the desires of his base, who have a voice in conservative commentators including Coulter, Fox News host Sean Hannity, and Rush Limbaugh.
But acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney denied that Trump can be swayed by the politicos of the Right. “I've seen that – I would make the argument that the president has probably more sway over Sean Hannity and Ann Coulter than vice versa," he said on NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday.
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