US president Donald Trump showed his dislike towards House Speaker
Nancy Pelosi as he snubbed her handshake after giving her a copy of his
written speech during the State of the Union address to congress at
Capitol Hill on Tuesday night .
Trump, still unhappy at Pelosi’s orchestrated impeachment effort
towards him, turned away as the Speaker took her copy of his speech,
then stood in front of a chamber with echoes of ‘four more years’ from
Republicans – while Democrats sat stone-faced.
Pelosi, angered by Trump’s snub, did not give Trump the typical introduction a speaker gives the president.
Traditionally, speakers introduce the president this way: ‘Members of
Congress, I have the high privilege and distinct honor of presenting to
you the President of the United States’.
But Pelosi simply said: ‘Members of Congress, the president of the United States.’
In what has be described as a form of ”retaliation,” House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi ripped apart her copyof President Trump’s State of the Union address after he finished speaking.
On Wednesday Trump is expected to be acquitted by the Republican
majority senate over abuse of power and obstruction of congress charges
leveled by the House of Reps against him.
Watch the handshake snub below.
Trump snubs a
handshake with Nancy Pelosi at the #sotu.
Experts predict an aggressive clapping response. pic.twitter.com/cgsYV1hoav
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5, 2020