Trump’s Retreat Bewilders Allies

A former White House official tells Politico that President Trump’s core supporters and former aides are “furious” and “melting down.”

“Bewildered by his decision to accept a deal without funding for a wall on the southern border — not even the ‘down payment’ the White House had requested a day earlier — some of his most loyal supporters fretted that Trump was in danger of losing his fervent base that has fueled his presidency.”

Said another former White House aide: “He allowed 35 days of chaos and hurt all for nothing.”

Meanwhile, the Washington Post reports Fox Business host Lou Dobbs, who described himself as an “an animated, energetic supporter of this president,” conceded that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “has just whipped the president of the United States.”