CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin believes that the entire government shutdown standoff is the result of President Donald Trump having his “manhood” challenged by conservative commentators — one of whom, in his view, has proved to be the heavy on this issue.

Appearing on The Situation Room, Toobin picked up the conversation after host Wolf Blitzer said that Republicans have been frustrated by the fact that they don’t know what it will take to get the president to agree to a deal which would avert a shutdown.

“What they should be doing, obviously, is checking with Ann Coulter,” Toobin said. “Because apparently she’s the President of the United States, as far as this is concerned.”

Toobin, in a scathing rebuke, expressed little optimism for a Coulter-led government.

“Laura Ingraham and Ann Coulter started challenging the president’s manhood. And the House Republicans started stamping their feet. And the president decided, ‘No, no, no, I’m going to scream and yell and shut down the government, even though I still don’t have the votes.’ So I guess Ann Coulter has to figure out how this is all going to end, because she’s the person who is driving the federal government at this point. God help us.”

Watch above, via CNN.

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