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Ann Coulter wants a wall. But does Trump actually need to deliver?

On Tuesday night, when President Trump gives his State of the Union address, issue 1 will be immigration.

The nationally televised speech comes at a crucial time, fresh off the record-long shutdown and midway through the three-week window Mr. Trump and Congress have carved out to resolve the impasse over government funding and the president’s demand for $5.7 billion in wall money.

It also comes at an unusual moment of tension between Trump and some of his strongest supporters in right-wing media – many of whom were irate that he “caved” in ending the government shutdown without getting any money

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