■ President Donald Trump’s supporters have differing reactions to wall-less shutdown resolution.

President says fight with Democrats over wall far from over

WASHINGTON — No retreat, no surrender is how President Donald Trump frames his decision to temporarily reopen the government while pursuing a border wall deal.

Some of his conservative backers have a different take: “pathetic” and “wimp.”

Other Trump supporters seem willing to give Trump the benefit of the doubt, yet they insist that any ultimate government funding deal must include money for a wall.

Trump defended himself Saturday from the conservative backlash to his decision to end the 35-day-old partial government shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — without money for his promised border wall. He said if he didn’t get a fair deal from Congress, the government would shut down again on Feb. 15 or he would use his executive authority to address what “the humanitarian and security crisis” on the southern U.S. border.

After he announced his decision to end the shutdown Friday, a New York newspaper headline dubbed him “CAVE MAN.”

Commentator Ann Coulter, a big wall supporter, called Trump the “biggest wimp” ever to occupy the Oval Office. The news outlet Breitbart called the announcement a “shortterm surrender to Democrats.”

Mark Meckler, who helped found the tea party movement, called the decision “pathetic and disgusting.”

Trump insists he didn’t cave to anyone and said the standoff with Democrats was far from over.

“Negotiations with Democrats will start immediately,” Trump tweeted on Saturday. “Will not be easy to make a deal, both parties very dug in. The case for National Security has been greatly enhanced by what has been happening at the Border & through dialogue. We will build the Wall!”

While some of Trump’s backers have lobbed insults, others are willing to give him time to negotiate.

“I’m a pragmatist. I understand when you’re fighting a battle like this you have to do what’s necessary to keep certain parts of the government moving,” said Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University and a Trump confidant.

Family Research Council president Tony Perkins said the president was smart to end the shutdown.

“In this Round 1, the president was the one who appeared to be the more reasonable one. He was willing to negotiate and willing to compromise,” Perkins said.

Ann Coulter