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Nancy Pelosi has delivered a message to Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

It is that the president of the United States is going to face a formidable adversary when the next Congress convenes in January 2019. The presumptive speaker of the House delivered that message in a face-to-face smackdown with the president in an Oval Office meeting the two of them had with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer.<\/p>\n

Oh, Vice President Mike Pence was in the room, too, but he had a “non-speaking” role in this idiotic and awkward exchange.<\/p>\n

Pelosi, a California Democrat, informed Trump he doesn’t have the votes in the House to finance the “big beautiful wall” along our southern border. Trump sought to tell her that he does; she responded — immediately — no, Mr. President . . . you do not!<\/em><\/p>\n

Pelosi is an expert at vote-counting, which was one of the hallmarks of her first stint as speaker from 2009 to 2011.<\/p>\n

Trump, meanwhile, doesn’t know how the legislative process works. He has no background in congressional relationships. He doesn’t understand the importance of seeking to cooperate<\/em> with the legislative branch of government.<\/p>\n

The president’s modus operandi<\/em> is to dictate his desires and then expect everyone to follow him over the cliff.<\/p>\n

The new speaker isn’t wired that way. She’s tough and she is asserting herself as she should.<\/p>\n

Let us remember something else: The U.S. Constitution stipulates that the speaker of the House is No. 3 in succession to the presidency. It’s good to remember that as we enter the new year — and a new era<\/em> — in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n

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