'Very, Very, Very Strange.' How Nancy Pelosi's Meeting With Trump Went Down

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Nancy Pelosi began her day preparing to talk infrastructure with President Donald Trump. By the afternoon, it was clear that was not going to be the subject of the day.

On Wednesday morning, the House Speaker met with fellow Democrats in a closed-door session, telling them they had power only in staying united and asking for them to stay the course on their efforts to hold the Trump Administration accountable.

Although Pelosi has urged Democrats to stay away from impeachment talk for now, she did tell them that that Trump’s all-out fight against congressional oversight and other actions seemed to her to amount to a “coverup.”

That struck a nerve at the White House, where the President is particularly sensitive to any discussion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation or other scandals.

A short time later, Pelosi was left waiting for 15 minutes in the White House’s Cabinet Room, along with her colleagues from the House and Senate. The plan was to meet with Trump about a $2 trillion infrastructure plan. Instead, Trump roared into the room, didn’t greet the individuals gathered and declared any cooperation with the Democratic-led House was dead until Democrats ended their investigations. The meeting lasted, according to a Democratic aide, “no more than three minutes.”

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[RockRaven]

1. The House should pass the infrastructure bill that Dems want, and let the GOP non-cooperation rest

at the feet of the Senate. Don't engage with Trump at all on the subject after today. Just pass a bill, and put the onus on the GOP Senate for doing nothing. They're shameless, and won't pass anything out of the Senate, but ignoring Trump and acting like he doesn't matter is probably the best way to play this.

[winetourdriver01]

2. The House

In some ways, the Speaker is letting nature take it's course. It is very important, however, that the House passes important legislation, and let Mitch in the Senate refuse to let any of it come to a vote. As has been said by better commenters than I, Nancy can walk, chew gum, do administration oversight, get legislation done, all at the same time, in high heels, and backwards!