Nancy Pelosi is past pulling punches for former President Donald Trump.
“He’s grotesque,” the House speaker emerita told Newsweek in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany on Saturday.
The annual event sees leaders and lawmakers from around the world gather in Germany for three days of “diplomatic speed dating,” as attendees often jokingly refer to them. The summit has for decades been a fixture for world leaders, senior government officials, and all manner of politicos.
This year’s iteration has been shrouded in anxiety. Trump’s recent denigration of NATO’s bedrock principles, frustration at the stalling of the Ukraine aid bill in Congress, and sadness over the untimely death of Russian political prisoner and veteran anti-President Vladimir Putin campaigner Alexei Navalny have all hung heavy over the gathering.
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Nancy Pelosi is past pulling punches for former President Donald Trump.
“He’s grotesque,” the House speaker emerita told Newsweek in an exclusive interview on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in southern Germany on Saturday.
The annual event sees leaders and lawmakers from around the world gather in Germany for three days of “diplomatic speed dating,” as attendees often jokingly refer to them. The summit has for decades been a fixture for world leaders, senior government officials, and all manner of politicos.
This year’s iteration has been shrouded in anxiety. Trump’s recent denigration of NATO’s bedrock principles, frustration at the stalling of the Ukraine aid bill in Congress, and sadness over the untimely death of Russian political prisoner and veteran anti-President Vladimir Putin campaigner Alexei Navalny have all hung heavy over the gathering.
Trump talk has been constant—much to Pelosi’s frustration.
It cannot be considered an option,” the veteran California congresswoman added of a Trump return, describing the 45th president with whom she has had repeated high-profile run-ins as “despicable.”
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