![]() “I pray for his safety and that of his family. “I pray for the president all the time and I tell him that,” Pelosi said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon, after the meeting. The meeting quickly became contentious, and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told reporters that Democrats walked out after Trump called Pelosi a “third-rate politician.” Trump met with Pelosi and other Democratic leaders Wednesday to talk about the situation in Syria, where the president’s decision to withdraw troops has left key US allies vulnerable to attack by Turkish forces, and sparked criticism among Democrats and Republicans alike, as Vox’s Ella Nilsen and Li Zhou explain. Trump tried to make “Nervous Nancy” look bad. But women who have managed to attain positions of power in American society are used to these tactics - and, as Pelosi showed, they’re often more than capable of using Trump’s insults to their own advantage. Unable to impugn their masculinity, Trump usually goes for attacks on their appearance or implying that they’re mentally ill. But the fact that Pelosi was able to use it so easily to her advantage is yet more evidence of a weakness with Trump’s approach - a lot of his alpha-male bullying tactics just don’t work very well on women. Of course, the photo may have played well with Trump’s most ardent supporters. Says she shared concerns "about all roads leading to Putin, & if POTUS is saying, 'I said during the campaign I was going to take the troops home,' then is home Saudi Arabia?" /8gxorAf5Uh- Aaron Rupar October 17, 2019 Pelosi on "meltdown" pic Trump posted of their meeting: "I think I was excusing myself from the room."
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