President Donald Trump and Speaker Nancy Pelosi engaged in another feud on Wednesday, with the President blasting the Speaker over her accusations of a “cover-up” and Pelosi bluntly responding: “I pray for the president of the United States.”
President Donald Trump abruptly ended a meeting with Democratic leaders Wednesday, saying he was unable to work with them on legislation following comments by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., that he was “engaged in a coverup.”
Trump made an unscheduled appearance in the Rose Garden shortly afterward and in a meandering 10-minute address said he had left the meeting with Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., at which they were supposed to talk about working together on a $2 billion infrastructure plan.
“Instead of walking in happily to a meeting, I walk in to look at people who said I was doing a coverup,” Trump said, adding that he can’t work on infrastructure “under these circumstances.”
Pelosi made her comments earlier Wednesday morning after a closed-door meeting with House Democrats called to discuss ongoing investigations of Trump and his administration. Despite her accusation of a coverup, Pelosi and all but one of her six committee chairmen with investigative powers tamped down talk of impeachment proceedings during the meeting.
Speaking to reporters shortly after Trump’s appearance in the Rose Garden, Pelosi and Schumer said they were taken aback by Trump’s behavior.
“To watch what happened in the White House would make your jaw drop,” Schumer said.
Pelosi said Democrats had been prepared to deliver a signature accomplishment to Trump at a time when the nation’s roads, bridges, airports and other infrastructure are ailing.
“For some reason, maybe it was lack of confidence on his part . . . he just took a pass, and it just makes me wonder why he did,” Pelosi said. “In any event, I pray for the president of the United States, and I pray for the United States of America.”
Trump was visibly angry when he arrived in the Cabinet room about 15 minutes late to meet with Pelosi and Schumer, according to people familiar with what transpired. Trump did not shake hands or sit down, and after accusing Pelosi of saying something “terrible,” he headed out without allowing time for a response.
Durbin says the entire meeting lasted “no more than 5 minutes.”
After he left Pelosi said a few words of the importance of the meeting and doing infrastructure, he says.
— Frank Thorp V (@frankthorp) May 22, 2019
President Trump walked into his Cabinet Room and told the Democratic leaders he had invited to discuss infrastructure that the meeting was canceled. He objected to the ongoing Congressional investigation of his alleged obstruction of justice.
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) May 22, 2019
Source: Duluthnewstribune
I watched Nancy’s meltdown immediately following Trump’s deservedly abrupt shutdown of this infrastructure meeting. She was in total shock; and her rhetoric was that of a belligerent, chastised child who had just had her favorite toy taken away.
There was no “coverup.” Pelosi got owned (again) by President Trump when he effectively shoved the truth down her throat (again).
How about getting down to the business of governing and earning your paychecks for a change, Nancy.