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    Trump's moves on Syria and shutdown open cracks in his political wall: Senate GOP support

    by Noah Bierman and Eli Stokols, Los Angeles Times Dec 22, 2018 5 minutes

    WASHINGTON - A border wall perhaps isn't the one President Donald Trump should worry about. With his abrupt move to yank U.S. troops from Syria and provoke his defense secretary's resignation - both actions coming amid the week's government shutdown drama - Trump has opened cracks in his wall of support among Senate Republicans.

    And that wall is the one the president will need as his bulwark in the remainder of his term, should he come to be impeached by a House newly controlled by Democrats as of January, and then face trial in the Republican-majority Senate.

    Public criticism from Trump allies including Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, Marco Rubio of Florida and especially Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate majority leader, telegraphed how shaken they were by Thursday's news that James N. Mattis is resigning in protest as Pentagon chief. From the

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