Not long ago, it looked to some like the conservative media might be on the verge of open revolt against President Donald Trump. After a five-week standoff with congressional Democrats over his proposed border wall, the self-styled master negotiator had blinked—agreeing to reopen the government without securing any funds for his signature campaign promise. Anger and outrage rippled across the #MAGA media landscape.
“TRUMP CAVES,” declared The Daily Caller.
“NO WALL FUNDS,” bellowed Drudge.
On Fox Business, host Lou Dobbs concluded that Speaker Nancy Pelosi had “just whipped the president of the United States,” and “to deny it is to escape from reality.” And in Breitbart, a homepage article proclaimed, “The White House finally caved to Democrats’ demands, despite Trump’s repeated assertions this week that he would not do so.”
This rare outcry spawned a round of trouble-in-paradise coverage of the tensions between Trump and his typically-adoring media cheerleaders. Some even wondered whether the split could ever be repaired without a wall getting built.
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