Xenophobia Shines as Trump Base Has Collective Meltdown Over Possible DACA Deal

“At this point, who DOESN’T want Trump impeached?”

“Out of all the awful things Trump has done, his base seems most upset about allowing model citizen immigrants brought to US as kids to stay.”
—Adam BestThat was right-wing anti-immigrant provocateur Ann Coulter’s furious reaction Thursday to reports that President Donald Trump had reached a deal with Democrats to protect young immigrants by acting quickly to “enshrine the protections of [Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals] into law.”

As Common Dreams reported, Trump denied having reached such an agreement, but that didn’t stop his most fervent backers from collectively freaking out over the possibility that the president had undercut their deepest nationalistic desires.

“This a betrayal of the highest order,” a Breitbart editor, speaking anonymously, told the Washington Post. “Donald Trump should be ashamed of himself. He wasn’t elected to do this.”

This sentiment was reflected on Breitbart‘s homepage, which blared “Amnesty Don” and denounced Trump for “caving” on DACA.

Other right-wing pundits and lawmakers expressed their dismay on social media. In a torrent of outraged tweets late Wednesday night, Fox News host Sean Hannity declared that if Trump works with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), “it’s over.”

Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa.) remarked that if the president does salvage DACA, “Trump’s base is blown up, destroyed, irreparable, and disillusioned beyond repair.”