There is a very simple reason that Trump is so frustrated at today's meeting.

[grantcart]

He thought that Minority Leader Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer were going to be like the sniffling dim-witted cowards: Ryan and McConnell.

By the way I felt that Speaker to be Pelosi perfectly implemented First Lady Obama's dictum 'when they go low we go high'.

When Trump patronizingly called ML Pelosi, "Nancy", she continued to honor the office of the President by referring to the Idiot in Chief as "Mr. President".

The juxtaposition of Trump and Speaker Pelosi and ML Schumer is going to be very jarring.

By the way, Trump just assured ML Pelosi of a unanimous vote from the Democratic caucus for the Speaker.

[C_U_L8R]

1. He can't win an argument on its merits

So he yells. What an idiot.

[Golden Raisin]

11. And constantly interrupts and talks/shouts over.

Pig! (And that's an insult to pork.)

[dalton99a]

2. Yep. He called them in to bully them on camera

Fucking big mistake

[lostnfound]

9. Bolstered by Stephen Miller and Jarvanka in the room

Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, outgoing Chief of Staff John Kelly, immigration adviser Stephen Miller, and Shahira Knight, his legislative director.

Guess he needed to outnumber them to feel safe.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. Simply playing to his base. It's the only real power

he has over the shitstain Repugs in the Senate.

[RockRaven]

4. Biggest frustration for Trump is that he publicly displayed his impotence

Nothing is more infuriating for him than everyone seeing that he can't get the job done.

[Corgigal]

6. Agreed.

I also can see that Trump really believes he's the smartest guy in the room. Which makes him a dumbass and it showed.

[SergeStorms]

20. Or that he could be pwned...

by a woman! Don't these females know their place? Who is Nancy Pelosi to argue with the man with the biggest brain in the world? And he knows all the best words, too!

Getting pushed around and made to look like an idiot by a mere woman got to him more than anything, I believe. Ms. Pelosi did her job masterfully, and made Trump look like the juvenile delinquent he is. She emasculated him, and for a person (I refuse to use the word "man" ) whose entire world revolves around his false sense of masculinity and greatness, it was more than he could take. His little tantrum after the meeting was over certainly bears this out.

[Marcuse]

5. This is what happens just before the bubble meets the road.

[lostnfound]

10. Where did that photo come from? It's beautiful. Nt

[Marcuse]

12. Nt

https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/how-to-make-and-photograph-frozen-bubbles-at-home/70000705

https://mymodernmet.com/world-landmarks-reflected-in/

[at140]

7. Looks like tRump is going to shut down the government!

I better not miss any social security checks. I will be very angry if that happens.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. When I first glanced at the tube,

saw Pence sitting next to the Individual 1,bam,knew damn well how that so called meeting was going to end up. Does anyone think Pence brings something to the idea sharing meeting. Donnie of little smarts tried Intimidation and got burned to the ground as well as Pence.

[JBoy]

13. Pence was ready with his water bottle

[watoos]

14. Ezra Klein nailed Trump,

he doesn't want to build the wall, he wants the fight over building the wall. Right now he is sitting on 3.6 billion dollars with no plans on building.

The problem that Trump doesn't see, according to Don Lemon, is that Trump can no longer control the narrative. When he does his lying to the M$M all Nancy Pelosi has to do is call her press conference and the M$M will come running. Trump is in for a big surprise come January.

By the way, I hope everyone saw today why Republicans have been demonizing Nancy Pelosi, she is damn good, they fear her.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Saw A Congresswoman on CNN Last Night

She said that he has only spent 30% of the allotted money in more than a year.

I think Ezra's correct. He doesn't want the stupid thing. He just want to rant about it for his idiot followers.

[George II]

15. I was lucky to be watching CNN when they cut over to the meeting and got to see it LIVE....

....from beginning to end. It was a wonder to behold.

The two of them (Pelosi and Schumer) were perfect together, and watching Schumer almost "chuck"ling (yeah, that was intended!!) while watching trump go on about being proud to shut down the government.

Nancy and Chuck complemented each other, they were:

[grantcart]

16. Three things I took away

1) Pelosi has a fierce concentration on staying on message on the important issues that effect real people. She wants to keep the government open without agreeing to stupidity.

2) Schumer had great stage presence and his chuckling in public really got under Trump's skin.

3) The political career of Pence ended today. It was like Quayle's misspelling of Potato. In the midst of these 3 active people he just checked out, like he was taken from the audience of a popular sitcom and was just watching the others perform.

[SWBTATTReg]

17. Nancy P. acted like what a leading member of the institution that is supposed to provide a ...

crucial check against the president of the USA (not my president). This is the way it's supposed to be, versa the crap that McConnell and Ryan have been doing (which is zero, nada, zilch).

[Scurrilous]

18. K&R

[Honeycombe8]

19. It was embarrassing for the Republicans, for the country to see how inept he is ...

when he's against real Congressional leaders. He's out of his league.

As for going high, yes, she hit the right tone and executed perfectly. Schumer kept quiet, for the most part, and let Nancy do her thing.

But she made up for the "going high" afterwards, when she said what was on her mind, still in a humorous and not vulgar way. But it painted a somewhat "low" picture of Trump trying to pee all over the place like a dog, and of him not having any "manhood." I'm okay with that, because of who it was directed at and the low bar that Trump has set for us all. And the things he has said about her and other representatives and Senators, particularly the women.

[duforsure]

21. I wonder if this was all another act for trump

Using Pence to set him up with and accuse of doing nothing, so he has an excuse to drop him , and pick ivanke as his VP to use to protect himself with if anything were to happen . He doesn't trust Pence , and wants to create something to use against him with.