The explosive meeting this week between President Trump and Democratic leaders reveals just how far relations between the president and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have deteriorated amid Democrats’ escalating impeachment inquiry.
The quickly-viral photo showing Pelosi standing to confront Trump, her finger pointed sternly at the clearly agitated president, captured the height of Wednesday’s White House clash and foreshadowed the strife to follow: Pelosi leaving the room; Trump lashing out at “Nervous Nancy;” and both sides, backed by their allies, digging in over the days to follow.
But the tensions have been mounting for months, as the Democrats’ investigations into the White House have intensified.
View the complete October 20 article by Scott Wong and Mike Lillis on The Hill website here.