War of Words: ‘Crazy or Genius’ Trump Responds to Pelosi the ‘Beto’

By Staff, Agencies 

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Nancy Pelosi and Democrats in a rant in which he called the House speaker “crazy” and claimed she “lost it” at a meeting he himself has been criticized over.

Speaking at an event alongside farmers and ranchers, Trump slammed his democratic rivals before asking his White House staff to reassure him that he was “calm” during a meeting over infrastructure on Wednesday.

“I’ll tell you what, I’ve been watching her, and I have been watching her for a long period of time, she’s not the same person. She’s lost it,” Trump said of Pelosi. “I think she’s got a lot of problems.”

Trump reportedly left the meeting with Pelosi and senate minority leader Chuck Schumer — who he nicknamed as “Cryin’ Chuck” — after, according to Pelosi, he “flipped … because he didn’t see a rush to impeachment coming out of our caucus.”

Pelosi suggested after the meeting that Trump actually wants to be impeached, so that the Republican-controlled Senate can overrule the measure. Pelosi also said that she hopes the president’s administration and staff stage an “intervention” for Trump after his "temper tantrum."

Pelosi said Trump had established a pattern of unpredictability and at one point even joked about the 25th Amendment, the Constitution’s provision laying out the procedure for replacing a president.

“I wish that his family or his administration or his staff would have an intervention for the good of the country,” Pelosi said at her weekly news conference, adding again that she prays for him and the nation.

“Maybe he wants to take a leave of absence,” she said. Asked whether she’s concerned about Trump’s well-being, she replied, “I am.”

She also said the White House is “crying out” for the Democrats to launch impeachment hearings - the idea being that such a move would help him politically.

But, during the Thursday event, Trump insisted it was Democrats who had lost their cool. 

After asserting that he is an “extremely stable genius”, Trump then asked the room to attest to his chill attitude in the immediate aftermath of the meeting.

“You all saw me minutes later, I was at a news conference, I was extremely calm,” Trump said.

“Kellyanne, what was my temperament yesterday,” Trump asked his counsellor Kellyanne Conway, who he claimed was present yesterday.

“You were very calm,” she replied.

Trump then asked his senior communications director about his attitude, and she replied: “Very direct.”

He also asked press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about his “tone” at the meeting, and she said he was “definitely not angry or ranting.”

During the course of his insults on Pelosi, Trump said that she was waving her arms about in the air. He likened that to the behavior of Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke.

“She reminded me of Beto,” Trump said.