President Trump took a few sharp verbal shots at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at the White House Thursday as he announced $16 billion in new subsidies for farmers and ranchers.
The president, making his announcement from the Roosevelt Room, went from discussing the new aid his administration is offering to farmers due to the ongoing trade war with China, to discussing the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which he claims Pelosi cannot understand. The president has escalated his language about Pelosi ever since she claimed he engaged in a “cover-up” in withholding information from Congress, a comment that prompted the president to cut short an infrastructure meeting with her Wednesday and deliver a statement to reporters in the White House Rose Garden.
The president took a dig at Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, saying she lacks the capacity to understand the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement he wants Congress to pass. The president called Pelosi “crazy” and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer “cryin’ Chuck.”
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“She’s a mess,” the president said of the nation’s most powerful female politician.
The president asked multiple top aides to confirm on camera that his demeanor in the infrastructure meeting Wednesday was calm, and aides agreed.
Mr. Trump, who took a number of questions from reporters, said he would send troops to the Middle East to handle Iran if that’s necessary, but doesn’t think they’ll be needed. The president said he has a meeting on that topic later Thursday.
Mr. Trump insists he is behind the men and women who support the nation’s agricultural industry, even as they suffer from the tariffs he has imposed. Mr. Trump has pushed for additional subsidies for farmers. Tensions between China and the U.S. have risen in recent days, as both countries brace for the impact of tariff hikes.
“It’s a good time to be a farmer, we’re going to make sure of that,” Mr. Trump said Wednesday.
