- Democratic congressional leaders walked out of a meeting with Donald Trump on Syria also attended by top Republicans
- Meeting came shortly after House voted to rebuke Trump on his troop pull-out with 129 Republicans joining Democrats to slam him
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump ‘was just not relating to the reality of it’ and said:Â ‘We have to pray for his health – because this was a very serious meltdown.’
- Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said:Â ‘He was insulting… to the Speaker. She kept her cool completely. But he called her a third rate politician’Â
- He called James Mattis, former defense secretary, ‘world’s most over-rated general’ and said escaped ISIS prisoners were ‘least dangerous’ ones, Dems saidÂ
- The White House claimed the Democrats ‘stormed out of the meeting’ to ‘whine’ while President Trump was ‘measured, factual and decisive’Â
- Trump tweeted his own response to Pelosi, publishing official White House pictures showing them clashing and their empty chairs after they leftÂ
- After they left Liz Cheney, the third most senior House Republican, invoked 9/11 as she rebuked him for not caring about terrorists from 7,000 miles awayÂ
- White House also released extraordinary letter Trump sent to Turkish president Erdogan asking him not to invade Syria and saying: ‘Don’t be a tough guy!’
- Came after Trump called withdrawal ‘brilliant,’ the Kurds ‘no angels’ and invited Russia to take charge of the north of Syria – setting off fury in Republican party
- Lindsey Graham said he would be ‘president’s worst enemy’ if he did not reverse course in Syria – senator is key ally in Trump fighting off impeachmentÂ
Democratic congressional leaders walked out of a White House meeting with Donald Trump on Wednesday after they claimed he had a ‘meltdown’ and insulted Speaker Nancy Pelosi – prompting him to angrily throw the insult back in their faces.
Pelosi urged prayers for the president’s mental health and questioned his grip on reality.
‘We have to pray for his health – because this was a very serious meltdown,’ she told reporters in the Capitol building after her return from the White House.
The speaker told reporters at the White House she thought the president was shaken by a vote in the House of Representatives shortly before their meeting, where 129 Republicans joined Democrats to condemn Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria in a 354 to 60 vote.
Among them were the top three House Republicans, who also attended the meeting.
In response, Trump seemed to mimic Pelosi’s accusations that he had a meltdown, and similarly urged his supporters to pray for her.
He tweeted: ‘Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her âupstairs,â or she just plain doesnât like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!’