Nancy Pelosi to Europe: Trump is not the boss

[octoberlib]

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants Europe to know who's really boss in Washington — and it isn't President Donald Trump.

Pelosi and a delegation of U.S. lawmakers were in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday to reassure European partners at a time when transatlantic relations have been deeply fractured by Trump's criticism of allies and his unpredictability in policymaking.


Among the messages that Pelosi said she brought to the EU capital was that the U.S. president is not all-powerful. Of course, it was a lesson Europeans watched her teach Trump in the standoff over a recent government shutdown — where she forced the president to back down.

Pelosi said that one European colleague had asked why the House of Representatives had only recently adopted a resolution in support of NATO. She said that she explained it was because she and the Democrats had only retaken control of the majority at the start of the year. "I said because we just got the majority and then we can control, we can manage what goes on to the floor," Pelosi said. "But once the Republican colleagues had the opportunity to vote on this, H.R. 676 NATO Support Act — what was it? 357 to 22 no's. I think that that sends a very clear message."

https://www.politico.eu/article/nancy-pelosi-to-europe-donald-trump-is-not-the-boss/

[Cartoonist]

1. I want Trump to read that headline

And I want to see the explosion 💥

[Javaman]

3. I'm surprised his thumbs didn't explode this morning trying to tweet his anger. LOL nt

[appal_jack]

2. Pelosi is masterful and amazing.

I had high hopes for her, and she keeps exceeding them!

k&r,

-app

[dalton99a]

4. Glad she went to visit them

[llmart]

5. Oooohhhh...that's gonna smart.

Ole' Dumpy is going to freak out if his handlers don't keep this headline from him.

But then that may be a good thing since he's one KFC away from the "big one".

I am so glad Nancy Pelosi is our leader, and by that I mean the leader of the US.

[McKim]

6. Thanks from the Bottom of My Heart, Nancy!

Thanks from the bottom of my heart for representing the millions of us out here who do not want a War on Iran!!!!!! I visited Iran on a cultural tour in 2008 and the people I met in the street did not want war, they wanted to trade and have cultural exchanges.

[brer cat]

9. +1

You should post more on your experiences in Iran, McKim. The posturing of leaders often gives a very misleading view of average citizens, much as the moron in the WH doesn't represent the viewpoint of most Americans.

[PatrickforO]

7. I'm thankful Pelosi and her colleagues were far-sighted

enough to make this trip to reassure the Europeans of at least some sanity in our foreign policy.

[ooky]

8. K&R