Trump's support of Pelosi in fight with AOC
Thomas Lifson:
For a guy who is purportedly stupid and lacking in nuance, President Trump yesterday masterfully trolled Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic Party while superficially supporting her. In just a few sentences, speaking to reporters prior to boarding Marine One, he took the high road, affirming that Nancy Pelosi is not a racist, gaining points as a healer. But at the same time, he aggravated existing tensions in the opposition party and pushed the ranks of Democrats into a circular firing squad formation, where their anger can be directed against each other....It is the Trump derangement syndrome that causes Democrats problems.
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Now, what does Pelosi do? Does she express gratitude for Trump's words of praise? That would make her problems with the radical faction of her party worse. But Pelosi is a woman of many years' experience in politics (since childhood as daughter of Baltimore's political boss, Tommy d'Alessandro), where reciprocity is the very essence of politics. Psychologically, she owes Trump one for this, yet any visible expression of this debt would harm her even more. It is a bit crazy-making.
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