The big accusation of Nancy Pelosi against the White House

It's one thing for Trump, as he did on Thursday, to cancel the Pelosi military plane and the rest of his colleagues were planning to take a plane as revenge for asking the president postpone its "State of the Union" project. "January 29 Speech Publish this – Sarah Sanders, Press Secretary at the White House, tweeted the letter Trump sent to Pelosi – amounts to raising the stakes. to ensure that Pelosi can not make the trip is a bridge even further.

To be clear, this is an allegation made by Pelosi without corroboration so far. And, the White House denies it. "When the Speaker of the House and about 20 other people from Capitol Hill decide to book their own commercial flights in Afghanistan, the whole world will know," said a White House official Sarah Westwood from CNN and Kevin Liptak. "The idea that we would flee anything that would endanger the safety of any American is a total lie."

Sending to reporters Friday on Capitol Hill, Pelosi again accused the administration of having leaked their travel plans, saying Trump had "canceled" their trip. She added that the president's staff should know more and that their "very irresponsible" actions endanger members of Congress as well as all those traveling on the same flights.

Of course, it's clear that Trump's White House did not do what Pelosi's office alleges, it could come back to him.

But this accusation is not made by anybody. The allegation that the White House leaked information about their travel plans comes from its president. Presumably, Pelosi's office would not make such a serious allegation – essentially that the White House endangers members of Congress (and the troops they would visit) – they did not feel really sure about that.

So we are here. The White House will have to say something about all of this. Is the Pelosi office right in saying that the diplomatic security service said in a threat badessment that Trump had "dramatically increased the danger to the delegation and the troops?" Has anyone in the White House ever heard of Pelosi's commercial flight plans and revealed them?

Has that been done to ensure that she could not go to Afghanistan as part of the 28-day government shutdown?

Regardless of what the White House says – or, knowing this White House, what they do not say – Pelosi's allegation is tantamount to escalating tensions, which were already very high between the speaker and the President.

For agreements to be reached, for compromises to be possible, you must have confidence. One party must believe that she can speak from the other. If the White House says they're going to do something, then congressional Democrats can count on them to do it.

At the present time, there is no trust between the two sides. Pelosi alleges that Trump's White House, out of sheer vengeance, leaked information that endangered her, as well as other members of Congress. Trump White House calls these allegations a "lie flat".

The well is not just poisoned. He is poisoned, burned and collapsed.

This is bad news for the 800,000 federal employees who have been laid off or who have been unpaid for a month.

And for the rest of us too, who are witnessing before us the failure of the government 's idle.