Politicians have a way of splitting conservatives and creating war within the party, but very few have caused a commotion quite like Donald Trump. I’ve found myself scrolling through Twitter only to feel a little like a kid watching their parents get divorced; Hannity and Coulter on one side, Michelle Malkin and Dana Perino on the other. On Thursday evening, Charles C. W. Cooke – author of ‘The Conservatarian Manifesto’ and reporter for National Review – appeared on Sean Hannity with Ann Coulter. What began as a conversation about securing the border, in which Hannity and Coulter hopped down a rabbit trail to shower Trump with accolades, quickly became something very different. After the detour, which involved the praise of Donald Trump’s various witty comebacks, Cooke shot back.

Cooke stated, “I’m just astonished by the collective insanity that seems to have marked the conservative movement over the last month.” After host Sean Hannity jumped in to ask, “What’s astonishing about it? Haven’t they been saying secure the border for years and years and years?” Cooke answered, “I don’t mean secure the border. I mean that Donald Trump, who has put forth no plan whatsoever, except to pretend that Mexico’s going to pay for a wall is being taken seriously.