‘Biggest wimp’ as president

WASHINGTON: While many applauded an end to the 35day government shutdown, some conservatives saw something else: President Donald Trump’s defeat.

What was absent in the government funding deal was any additional money for border security or a wall, Trump’s signature campaign promise and what led to the shuttering of the federal government for 35 days.

Conservatives took notice. Many weren’t pleased and didn’t mince their words.

‘‘Good news for George Herbert Walker Bush [George W. Bush]: As of today, he is no longer the biggest wimp ever to serve as President of the United States,’’ hardline Republican Ann Coulter wrote on Twitter.

‘‘I’m disgusted. There’s no other way to put it,’’ Mike Cernovich, a conservative blogger, said in a video after Trump’s announcement.

‘‘I don’t like to be lied to,’’ Cernovich added. ‘‘Just say I’m not going to build the wall. I’m a coward. I don’t have what it takes.’’

Trump’s decision to reopen the Government echoed what Democrats had been demanding for weeks: reopen the Government then negotiate over a border wall.

The President said he would not sign a Bill that did not include funding for the wall and for weeks dug his heels in, even saying at one point that the shutdown could last months or years until border security was addressed. The President insisted the reopening was not a ‘‘concession’’.

Trump’s decision to reopen the Government gave Democrats a victory lap. The hashtag #TrumpCaved became the top trend on Twitter.