From Trump Critic to Cautious Supporter: Ann Coulter on the Second Term and Cable News Failures

Coulter’s recent criticism of FOX News:
“Watching Fox News assure viewers the Iran war is going SUPER well and Trump is a total stud is like watching the same network assure viewers that Dominion Voting Systems rigged the 2020 election and Trump was the winner.”
— Conservative political commentator Ann Coulter

Ann Coulter’s view of Fox News is mostly disagreeable and frequently critical, especially in recent years. She sees the network as often prioritizing neocon foreign policy, corporate interests (e.g., cheap labor via immigration), pro-establishment spins, and overly rosy or misleading coverage rather than hard-hitting conservative principles—particularly on immigration enforcement and avoiding unnecessary wars. She has long accused it of softening or misrepresenting issues in ways that betray its audience.

Ann Coulter’s view on CNN reporting is strongly negative and dismissive. She regards CNN as a reliably partisan, left-leaning outlet that prioritizes ideological narratives over facts, especially on immigration, crime, and Trump-related stories. In her framing, CNN often misleads viewers, omits inconvenient details, platforms uninformed guests, and serves as part of the broader “Democratic Party subsidiaries” (alongside MSNBC, The New York Times, etc.).

Coulter is outspoken about her views on the news media and Trump. Check her column regularly and her X posts (Tweets).

Political commentators on the right, including Ann Coulter, have increasingly turned on one another, with some—most notably Dan Bongino and Candace Owens—engaging in particularly heated or erratic rhetoric.

Ann Coulter was one of Trump’s biggest boosters. She wrote the book In Trump We Trust, called him a “god” at rallies, and credited him with channeling voter rage on immigration (the subject of her earlier book Adios, America). She saw him as the only candidate who would actually deliver on border security, deportations, and ending “amnesty.”

First term (2017–2021): She became one of his harshest conservative critics. She repeatedly called him “failing,” “gutless,” a “shallow, lazy ignoramus,” and accused him of surrounding himself with nepotistic/globalist advisors (Jared & Ivanka) while breaking his core promise on the wall and mass deportations. At one point she even floated possibly voting for Biden out of frustration, saying immigration had gotten worse under Trump than it would have under a Democrat.

2022–2024: She declared “Trump is done” and called him an “awful, awful person” who “can barely speak English” and is a “gigantic baby.” She mocked his post-2020 obsession with election grievances as a distraction. In 2024 she said she would still vote for him—but only reluctantly, because she trusted JD Vance on immigration and wanted to prevent Trump from running again in 2028 if he lost.

Second term (2025–present): She has flipped back to enthusiastic. In recent interviews she describes the current administration as “a million times better” than the first term, says she is “in heaven” and “ecstatic,” and gives it high marks (e.g., 9/10) for finally delivering on the immigration issues she cares about most. She still criticizes him on specific things (e.g., “Kim Jong Il-style” cabinet tributes, Epstein files, NFTs/memecoins, or any foreign-policy distractions), but her overall tone is that Trump 2.0 is finally doing what she wanted all along.

Coulter has never been a full-throated “the election was stolen / Trump actually won” proponent. Her position is nuanced and consistent with her long-standing skepticism of media denialism: She does believe voter fraud is real and underreported. In a December 9, 2020 column (“Voter Fraud Never Happens! (Except in These 10,000 Cases)”), she listed dozens of documented cases and blasted the media for pretending fraud is impossible while acknowledging it in every other context.

She rejects the idea that fraud “rigged” or stole the election for Biden. She has criticized Trump for making “stolen election” the centerpiece of the 2022 midterms, arguing it was a losing distraction and that his own failures on immigration were the real reason he lost. She treats the extreme “Trump won in a landslide” narrative as false propaganda.

Jason Remington

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