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Samantha Bee is patting Ann Coulter on the back for admitting she may have been wrong to supportDonald Trump.

Shes been wrong about a lot of things, the Full Frontal host told reporters at the Turner Upfront presentation on Wednesday. I think its nice to have a little self-awareness every once in a while.

Beesarcastically added, Good for her!

In an interview published Sunday,Coulter admitted to Daily Callerthat shes worried Trump-haters were right.

Im not very happy with what has happened so far, she told the website. I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But this isnt North Korea, and if he doesnt keep his promises, Im out. This is why we voted for him. I think everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque, it was the issues.

The conservative author continued, I mean, my fingers are still crossed. Its not like Im out yet, but boy, things dont look good.

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Conservative author Ann Coulter was one of the most vocal supporters of Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.

She wrote In Trump We Trust and proclaimed thatshe worships him like the people of North Korea worship their Dear Leader blind loyalty.

Coulter described herself as a single-issue voter during the election and was drawn to Trump due to his Mexican rapist speech and him calling for a borderwall to be built.

In an interview Sunday with The Daily Caller, Coulter let it be known she still has hope in theTrump presidency, but is ready to jump ship.

So theres no wall, and Obamas amnesties look like they are here to stay. Do you still trust Trump?

Uhhhh. Im not very happy with what has happened so far. I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But this isnt North Korea, and if he doesnt keep his promises Im out. This is why we voted for him. I think everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque, it was the issues.

I hate to say it, but I agree with every line in my friend Frank Brunis op-ed in The New York Times today. Where is the great negotiation? Where is the bull in the china shop we wanted? That budget the Republicans pushed through was like a practical joke Did we win anything? And this is the great negotiator?

You said during the election and in columns that if there is no wall its the end of America.

Trump was our last shot. I kind of thought it was Romney, and then lo and behold like a miracle Trump comes along. I still believe in Trumpism. I have no regrets for ferociously supporting him. What choice did we have?

We had no choice. Yeah, I mean, my fingers are still crossed. Its not like Im out yet, but boy, things dont look good. Ive said to other people, its as if were in Chicago and Trump tells us hes going to get us to LA in six days. But for the first three days we are driving towards New York. Yes, it is true he can still turn around and get us to LA in three days, but Im a little nervous.

Whats behind him driving towards New York?

If he grabs the steering wheel and turns around and takes us toward LA, then Ill just put it down to him not being a professional politician and having to come into the presidency with no support network, with all of official Washington against him.

I have from the beginning been opposed to Trumphiring any of his relatives. Americans dont like that, I dont like that. Thats the one fascist thing hes done. Hiring his kids.

But I understand if youre in Washington you dont know who to trust, the party was against you, the politicians wereagainst you, the bureaucracy wasagainst you, and by the waythis isnt to say anything bad about Jared. Everything I know about him, I think hes doing a great job. But even if he is absolutely the best person for the job, I dont like the hiring of relatives.

I couldunderstand all that if he gets control ofthe steering wheel and turns around and starts going towards LA.

If we just keep going to New York. Well again, Ill say we had no choice, but the Trump-haters were rightIts a nightmare. I cant even contemplate that. Right now Im still rootingfor him to turn aroundand take us towardLA.

Are you going to be apologizing to these Never Trumpers?

I dont apologize for supporting Trump. He said all the right things and nobody else would even say it. I suppose its possible that another politician whoreally meantit would come along. Theres Kris Kobach, Tom Cotton, Jeff Sessionsthere are probably a handful of politicians.

I got to tell you when I wrote Adios America I thought there was a 10percent chance of saving the country. On the evening of November 8, I thought, Wowwe have a 90 percent chance now, this is a chance that comes a long once every thousand years, we can save America now.

And now, I dont know, Im someplace between 10 percent and 90 percent.

How much blame does congressional leadership deserve?

I do, of course, blame Congress most of all. They are swine. They only care about their own careers. Who knows how much of it is corruption and how much of it is pure stupidity? People should start sending Paul Ryan bricks to indicate how much we want the wall.

They are the opposition party to Donald Trump. This is really something weve never seen before. The president stands alone, its his own political party, hes Gary Cooper. All we have is millions of Americans behind him, but he doesnt have anybody in Washington behind him.

During the campaign you said you would have to start writing mystery books if Hillary Clinton won. Are you preparing to start writing these?

No. But I must say Ive been contemplating it a bitmore. You cant give up yet. We have to keep Trumps feet to the fire. Its weird because I really think in his heart hes a genuine patriot.

Its just that it has been such a disaster so far, and that General Kelly is so preposterous, and McMaster did you see him at that press conference? I thought he was retarded. You have to link to that video.

Ive never actually heard anyone other than liberals mocking their idea of a stupid Republican say, Murica.

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[Trump] might not have realized how intense the opposition was going tobe. Not on everything. Nobodyelse would have done the trade deals, that is to save American jobs. But they are not going to complain and massively resist on trade. They are not going to massively resist him on things like tax cuts. They are going to love for him to go to war, we have to try to resist him on that.

The one thing he will get massive resistance from every source in Washington including his own party is immigration.

What does your friend Matt Drudge think of all of this? Recently on Michael Savages radio show he seemed nervous about the Trump administration.

Ill let him speak for himself, but I think all of the Trump true believers are petrified.

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Ann Coulter was one of President Donald Trump's most outspoken supporters during the 2016 election, but so far she's been underwhelmed by his presidency.

In an interview with The Daily Caller on Sunday,Coulter said she still has hope in Trump, but she is ready to jump ship if things don't change.

"Im not very happy with what has happened so far," Coulter said. "I guess we have to try to push him to keep his promises. But this isnt North Korea, and if he doesnt keep his promises, Im out. This is why we voted for him. I think everyone who voted for him knew his personality was grotesque, it was the issues."

She explained that Trump ran as a master negotiator who would drain the Washington, D.C., swamp, but she hasn't seen him follow through on enough of his campaign promises.

"My fingers are still crossed. Its not like Im out yet, but boy, things dont look good," Coulter said.

She added that she won't apologize for supporting Trump during the election, because he said all the right things on the campaign trail and because there was no better option.

She said she is afraid now that "the Trump-haters were right," which she said would be a "nightmare."

"I got to tell you when I wrote 'Adios America,' I thought there was a ten percent chance of saving the country," Coulter said. "On the evening of November 8, I thought, 'Wow, we have a 90 percent chance now. This is a chance that comes a long once every thousand years. We can save America now.'"

"And now, I dont know, Im someplace between ten percent and 90 percent."

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In 2010, when Utah-based artist Jon McNaughton produced an original painting showing President Obama trampling the Constitution, he could have never anticipated just how much hed support the next president. At the time, Donald Trump hadnt even started his racist birther campaign.

Fast forward six years, and Trump, on his first day as president-elect, was echoing the message of McNaughtons painting, entitled The Forgotten Man.

Now, six months later, after the tumultuous beginning to Trumps presidency, hes at risk of losing McNaughtons support, along with that of some of his other strongest supporters.

I dont like America intervening in other countries business. That bothers me, McNaughton told Task and Purpose, pointing out his opposition to Trumps Syria strikes. The artist, whose work includes a painting of Obama golfing as nukes go off, added that Trump has kind of backpedaled on things that he said during election process, which is disconcerting.

McNaughton is not the only high-profile Trump supporter publicly expressing doubts about the president. Ann Coulter, who published a book called In Trump We Trust months before he was elected, recently told the Daily Caller that shes not very happy with what has happened so far.

Coulter isnt quite ready to renounce her support for Trump, but she says all of the Trump true believers are petrified, herself included.

Last week, Quinnipiac University released a poll that showed just how poorly Trump is doing among his biggest boosters. It showed eroded support among white men, white voters without college degrees, and independents or the people most likely to have this poster on their wall.

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They suggested the real danger is the deep state tattling on President Trump and of course, Hillarys emails.

They had hoped that a quiet week would distract Trump from his rumored plans for a staff shake up. Then the Russia classified information story hit.

The president revealed more information to the Russian ambassador than we have shared with our own allies.

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The president has made it clear what his position is. That is the opposite of the truth.

Whispers are emerging from Capitol Hill to that effect.

When Ann Coulter and the tea partys favorite artist are wavering in their support, its time to worry.

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Experts say the missile could possibly hit Guam, and may represent a significant step forward in North Koreas weapons capabilities.

Rupert Murdochs out-of-touch management of the disaster at his network.

The First Daughter is a different kind of peoples princess, devoted to the needs of a waning king.

If its hard to get checks on the presidency from Congress, were going to try to fill that space.

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Occasionally, my liberal friends who despise Ann Coulter will bring up her name in my presence as if they are defying me to defend her. On those occasions, I always offer up a partial defense of Ann. I tell them she is brilliant so much so that she could have been the next William F. Buckley. But I also add that her almost pathological need for publicity has badly damaged her credibility over the years. On occasions, it has also damaged the conservative movement. More recently, it has inflicted damage on some friends of mine who run an organization to which I am deeply indebted.

Most people reading this column have followed the news about Ann Coulter's cancelled appearance on the University of California, Berkeley campus, which was originally sponsored by Young America's Foundation (YAF). The event YAF had originally agreed to sponsor was intended to be just like the ones sponsored by YAF in the past. Both Coulter and her sponsors were expecting to be assigned to a classroom or lecture hall, as is the norm for guest lectures at Berkeley.

Unfortunately, unlike past appearances, corrupt university administrators refused to assign or allow a lecture hall to be scheduled for the speech. This raised a serious constitutional issue. In fact, the refusal constituted a transparent effort to engage in prior restraint of speech based on the speakers controversial viewpoints. Thankfully, YAF has responded appropriately with a federal lawsuit challenging Berkeleys blatant attempt to abridge the First Amendment.

After it became clear that Berkeley administrators had decided that they would not assign a room in time for students to promote the event, Coulter decided to take matters into her own hands. This involved going to the press without consulting her student hosts. In a series of media interviews, she announced that she was going to appear at Berkeley even though they had assigned no lecture hall. Her plan was to appear at Berkeleys Sproul Plaza and do an open-air speech with a megaphone. This was a serious error in judgment on Coulters behalf for at least two reasons:

1. An open-air speech at Sproul Plaza was nothing short of an invitation to mass violence. By announcing this several days in advance, Coulter was doing more than just inviting violent leftists to disrupt her speech. She was also inviting members of the alt-right to come confront them on their own turf. It is possible that the event hosts could have provided security to protect Coulter. But there was no way that they could have prevented widespread violence that likely would have resulted in harm to innocent bystanders, including Berkeley students.

2. An open-air speech at Sproul Plaza would have been a capitulation in the fight for conservatives to have equal access to lecture halls and classrooms at Berkeley. In my years of working with student activists, I have always told them to refuse to take a seat at the back of the bus when campus administrators try to violate their rights. Coulters decision to accept the refusal to assign a room and instead move into an uncontrolled outdoor venue was tantamount to accepting Berkeleys refusal to allow conservatives to occupy a seat at the front of the bus. It was good publicity for Ann in the short term. It was very bad precedent for other conservative speakers in the long term.

After defying Berkeley administrators with her open-air speech ploy, Coulter then made another unilateral decision - this time, not to appear at Berkeley at all. This is the point in the controversy where she inflicted much greater damage on the conservative movement by falsely claiming that Young America's Foundation "ordered" her not to go.

This claim is preposterous. In fact, it is simply bizarre. YAF had absolutely no authority to "order" Ann Coulter to go or avoid going anywhere. In all likelihood, Coulter backed out because she realized she was committing to an unwise and dangerous course of action. Thus, she needed someone to blame for her reversal and she threw her fellow conservatives under the bus. In fact, she even went to the absurd extreme of telling people that YAF had sided with Berkeley. The falsity of Coulters claim is easily established by noting that YAF was suing Berkeley in federal court at the precise moment Coulter made that statement. In fact, YAF is still suing them as I write this column.

In the past, I have had many opportunities to speak for YAF. On a couple of occasions there were legitimate threats of violence prior to those events. For example, University of New Hampshire students broke into glass display cases in order to spray swastikas on YAF posters advertising a speech I was scheduled to give (ironically on the subject of hypocrisy in the diversity movement). There were also rumors that activists planned to physically assault me (with food, of all things) after the event. Working together with YAF and my student hosts we secured armed university police security for the event and the violence was thwarted. I could give other examples but this one suffices to show that YAF does not simply bail out of events when there is a possibility of violence.

This unfortunate episode with Coulter should serve as a reminder that things work best when a speaker works together with his or hersponsors. After all, without their generous support our appearances on college campuses would not even be possible. YAF does not deserve to be thrown under the bus by Ann Coulter. In fact, they deserve an apology.

Of course, no apology will be forthcoming from Ann. It is simply up to conservatives to see through her selfish motives and continue to support the Young Americas Foundation. If we do not, the result will be less rather than more conservative speech on our nations campuses.

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