Fox News host Jeanine Pirro says she "can't blame" President Trump Donald John TrumpUS reimposes UN sanctions on Iran amid increasing tensions Jeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Trump supporters chant 'Fill that seat' at North Carolina rally MORE for reaching across the aisle to make a deal with Democrats this week that raised the debt-ceiling and funded the government through early December.

“The Establishment is out to get Donald Trump," Pirro told John Catsimatidis on AM970 in New York on Sunday.

"I can't blame him," she said on Trump's decision to work with Democratic leadership on a budget bill, "and I said, 'Good for him.'

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"Not only is he gonna shake up the establishment, he's gonna change the paradigm. People in Washington have to understand that this man is going to do what's right for us," Pirro said.

Trump struck a deal with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) to approve a temporary plan to raise the country's debt limit to avoid a government shutdown and approve emergency funds for Hurricane Harvey recovery.

House Speaker Paul Ryan Paul Davis RyanKenosha will be a good bellwether in 2020 At indoor rally, Pence says election runs through Wisconsin Juan Williams: Breaking down the debates MORE (R-Wis.) had said the Democrats' proposal was "ridiculous" and "disgraceful" just hours before President Trump approved the plan. Ryan has drawn criticism from Trump supporters in the GOP for his clashes with the president.

"The truth is as soon as the president does something they don't like, they are the first to criticize him," Pirro said of Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellMomentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Trump expects to nominate woman to replace Ginsburg next week Video of Lindsey Graham arguing against nominating a Supreme Court justice in an election year goes viral MORE (R-Ky.) Pirro said she expects to see Trump continue to work with the opposition party.

"He is a dealmaker," Pirro said. "And if for nine months the Republican establishment that continuously criticizes him and backbites cannot get anything done, then it is time for the President to move across the aisle.

"Let the Republicans be shocked, let them understand that this president is the outsider," Pirro added.

The Fox News host also criticized former FBI Director James Comey for his reported decision to draft a letter exonerating Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonJeff Flake: Republicans 'should hold the same position' on SCOTUS vacancy as 2016 Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Warning signs flash for Lindsey Graham in South Carolina MORE from her email scandal while serving as secretary of State, before he had interviewed key witnesses in the case and Clinton herself.