democrats like the kurds in part because they included some communists. democratic leaders say it was when the president called pelosi a, quote, third-grade politician possibly meaning third rate that they got up and left with the president telling them on the way out, good-bye, we ll see you at the polls. multiple aides say at one point during the meeting trump also called his former defense secretary jim mattis the world s most overrated general saying, according to one aide he wasn t tough enough. i captured isis. mattis said mattis said it would take two years. i captured them in one month. the contention meeting was the first time trump and pelosi have been in the same room since she declared an official launch of the impeachment inquiry. the house speaker says that issue did not come up. here s some of what the democrats had to say after the meeting. on the part of the president was a meltdown. sad to say.
that america he s strength take that down, that america gets strength end, mika, when our allies are strengthened and when our enemies, people who want to destroy us are actually we resist them. things went south when pelosi explained to the president that russia has always wanted a foothold in the middle east and now has one with the u.s. withdrawal. we re told pelosi then said to trump, quote, all roads with you lead to putin. wow. well, that explains his tweet. he was called out. with trump responding, i hate isis more than you do. she hit back saying, you don t know that. as the ap notes, senator minority leader chuck schumer intervened at one point and said is your plan to rely on the syrians and the turks? trump replied our plan is to keep the american people safe. pelosi said that s not a plan, that s a goal. trump also suggested that