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President Donald Trump used a White House address on Friday to push back on the narrative that his backers in conservative media, including Fox News host Sean Hannity, radio host Rush Limbaugh and pundit Ann Coulter, tell him what to do.

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00:00Donald Trump is pushing back against those who think his backers in conservative

00:04media tell him what to do. In a White House address on Friday, Trump said popular

00:09personalities, including Fox News host Sean Hannity, radio host Rush Limbaugh, and

00:14pundit Ann Coulter, don't decide policy. The three hosts have all been seen as crucial

00:20outside advisers to the president on the topic of immigration, with Hannity referred

00:24to as Trump's shadow chief of staff in the press. Trump said Sean Hannity has been

00:29a terrific, terrific supporter of what I do, not of me, adding, if I changed my views,

00:35he wouldn't be with me. Of Limbaugh, he said, he's got one of the biggest audiences in the

00:40history of the world. This guy is unbelievable. Trump also spoke fondly of Fox News host

00:45Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson, two strong voices in the conservative world on combating

00:50illegal immigration. He said, Laura's been great. Tucker Carlson's been great. He then added

00:55that he's gotten backing from pundits on CNN, a network he strongly dislikes. I actually

01:01have a couple of people on CNN that have been great. OK, so it looks like everyone's

01:05terrific, unbelievable and great. Great. Trump also used the address to announce his

01:10decision to declare a national emergency to fund the building of a wall along the

01:14U.S.-Mexico border. According to aides bypassing Congress, which approved $1.4 billion,

01:20far below the $5.7 billion he insisted he needed, Trump announced he'll be spending

01:24roughly $8 billion on border barriers. And to do so, he'll be combining the money approved

01:30by Congress with funding he plans to take from federal military construction and counter-drug

01:34efforts for the wall. A move that is already drawing bipartisan criticism on Capitol Hill

01:40and is expected to face rounds of legal challenges. For more on Trump's address, head to THR.com.

01:46For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Jordyn Rolling.

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