Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Photo: Screen capture)
Appearing on CNN's New Day, New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman said that Donald Trump may be in the process of being outfoxed by newly anointed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) because he has no idea where he is going and what he is doing.
Speaking with hosts John Berman and Alysin Camerota, who shared the video of Trump telling Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) he would be proud to shut down the government, Haberman agreed with Berman that it was not the words of a "seasoned negotiator."
"There is a reason why Chuck Schumer was grinning and looking down," Haberman explained. "Both he and Nancy Pelosi -- look, Pelosi is playing a long game. One of the things to bear in mind in the distinction between Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump, both of whom grind down their opposition, she does it patiently with an endgame in mind."
"He does it by sort of yelling over the person or tiring them out," she added, "but he doesn't usually have an end goal in mind. He certainly doesn't have one here. They still can't really articulate what their end goal is here."
Watch the video below via CNN:
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