Pelosi Describes Trump’s ‘Temper Tantrum’ As He Pounded The Table

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks during her weekly press conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on May 23, 2019. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday at her press conference that she watched President Donald Trump “pound on the table” and “walk out the door” during the infrastructure meeting planned for Wednesday.

“Next time, have the TV cameras in there while I have my say,” she said. “That didn’t work for him either. Now this time, another temper tantrum.”

“Again, I pray for the president of the United States,” she added. “I wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country.”

Trump said he left the meeting because Pelosi made a comment earlier in the day that he was “engaged in a cover-up.”

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  1. Day 2…Lesson #2

  2. Again, not happy that impeachment hasn’t begun, but Pelosi runs circles around this doofus.

    Also, why aren’t people going into these meetings with their phones set to record? Seems rather obvious thing to do around a compulsive and rather deranged liar.

  3. Maybe we should pray for a divine intervention, one involving a major blood vessel.

  4. Bazinga!!!

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