And it's the Democrats, by preference, of course.
He welched on his agreement of two or three days ago to sign a bipartisan deal to extend funding into February without money for his wall.
Now he insists on five billion for the wall.
If the Republicans in the house who oppose the wall vote their consciences the wall money will not even pass the house and Trump will shut down the government and likely blame house Republicans as well as the Democrats.
And that's the incentive for the house Republicans who loathe the wall to vote for it, anyway.
They have nothing to lose voting for it, and something to gain.
If they vote to give the president his wall money he still won't get it because the senate Democrats will block it, and when he shuts down the government in a tantrum he will blame not the house Republicans but the senate Democrats.
What's not to like?
Shutdown aside, of course.
Trump torpedoes funding bill over border wall
Why Donald Trump changed his mind on the border wall (HINT: It has to do with Fox News)
Basically, they and Breitbart called him a pussy.
He can't have that.
On Wednesday morning, the hosts of "Fox and Friends" blasted Trump's seeming capitulation on the border wall.
"What a stunning turn of events," said Steve Doocy.
"If [Trump] agrees to the [short-term funding resolution] which would continue funding the government at the current levels ... he loses and the Democrats will win everything they want."
Added Ainsley Earhardt: "People who voted for him and want the wall and went to the polls to vote for that wall, they want to know how he's going to do this and they want to know why he seems to be softening his stance this morning."
If you think that criticism didn't impact Trump's thinking on the wall, you don't know Trump.
He prizes his political base over all else.
And he views "Fox and Friends" as the in-house programming for the base.
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