The tension at Wednesday’s failed meeting between President Donald Trump and top Democrats didn’t end when he abruptly left the room. House Speaker…
The tension at Wednesday’s failed meeting between President Donald Trump and top Democrats didn’t end when he abruptly left the room.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and one of the president’s top aides, Counselor Kellyanne Conway, also had a terse exchange.
After the president left the Cabinet Room after just three minutes without shaking hands or allowing anyone else an opportunity to speak, Conway said she challenged Pelosi to respond to the president’s complaints to members of the president’s Cabinet and senior staff still in the room.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday at the White House, Conway said Pelosi treated her “as she might treat her maid” in declining to have further discussion.
“Respectfully, Madame Speaker, would you like to address the specific points the president raised?” Conway said she asked Pelosi after the president left without ever sitting down or shaking hands with anyone.
