Nancy Pelosi praised after she and Chuck Schumer spar with Donald Trump in impromptu televised confrontation

Kyle Moss

Cameras were rolling inside the White House on Tuesday during a meeting between Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., California Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence to discuss border security.

Trump threatened to shut down the government if Democrats and Republicans couldn’t reach an agreement to fund the border wall, whereas Schumer and Pelosi hoped Trump would agree to one of their proposed solutions.

What resulted was an unorthodox debate among the trio that involved interruptions, accusations and visible frustration.

Despite pleas from Pelosi and Schumer to send the press away so they could debate behind closed doors, Trump kept the conversation going. And along with refusing to let the press leave, Trump refused to accept anything less than his border wall proposal.

“If it’s not good border security, I won’t take it,” Trump said of their proposed solutions. “If we don’t have border security, we’ll shut down the government. This country needs border security. The wall is part of border security.”

Many praised Pelosi for her patience and poise while standing up to Trump.

Some on Twitter thought the president showed great leadership in the meeting and supported his stance on border security.

People went wild over a photo of Pelosi leaving the meeting that quickly made the internet rounds as well.

After the meeting, Pelosi explained why she and the Senate minority leader wanted to have the debate behind closed doors.

“We didn’t want to contradict the president when he was putting forth figures that had no reality to them, no basis in facts,” Pelosi said. “I didn’t want to, in front of those people say, ‘You don’t know what you’re talking about.’”

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