In time of crisis, Trump-Pelosi relationship remains broken
JONATHAN LEMIRE and LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two of the most powerful people in Washington haven't spoken in five months at a time when the nation is battling its worst health crisis in a century, one that has already killed more than 6,000 Americans and put 10 million others out of work.
President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi last talked Oct. 16, when Pelosi pointed her finger at the seated president during a heated exchange in a White House meeting that was captured in a widely shared photograph. Pelosi stormed out, and the two leaders' frayed relationship was soon severed by the House's impeachment of Trump months later.
Now, there are worries the broken relationship could hinder the federal government's ability to respond to the growing co