President Trump calls the assistants to assert how "calm" he was. at Wednesday's meeting with Democrats

In the latest episode of the quarrel between President Trump and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the president on Thursday called Pelosi "a mess" and called his aides – one by one – to confirm his insistence that he quieter "at his Wednesday meeting with the Democrats.

"She's messy. Look, let's face it, she does not understand. They have the impression that she is disintegrating before their eyes, she does not understand it, "Trump said of Pelosi, suggesting that she did not understand the renegotiated trade deal between Canada and Mexico. "I do not think she's able to understand – she has a lot of problems."

While questioning the intelligence of the Speaker of the House, the president called himself "an extremely stable genius."

Trump was clearly irritated by the story that emerged after leaving a meeting with the Democrats on Wednesday, minutes after his arrival and never shaking hands with anyone. He then appeared in front of cameras and stated that he could not work with the Democrats while they were investigating him, then he asked his aides to assert how calm he was during a meeting.

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He first called White House Councilor Kellyanne Conway.

"I just want you to know that every time I enter a room, if there is no camera, they come out and say:" Oh, he was shouting, I was screaming. Kellyanne, what was my temper yesterday? Trump asked Conway.

"Very calm, no tantrums, I told the facts to this crowd, they published that you smoke, a tantrum, rage. It was just a lie. You were very calm, "said Conway.

The chair then addresses Mercedes Schlapp, director of strategic communications for the White House.

"What was my attitude when I entered? Have I already shouted? Trump asked Schlapp.

"No, you've been very calm and very direct," replied Schlapp, adding that it was a shame for Pelosi to comment on a "cover-up" and then wait for a productive meeting with the president shortly. after.

"Is Sarah here?" Trump said, asking his press officer to also back up his account.

When she was not readily available, the president asked her chief economic advisor, Larry Kudlow, to also share her "calm" attitude at the previous day's meeting.

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Moments later, Sarah Sanders entered the room.

"Hello Sarah," said Trump. "We were talking about [the] meeting. You were there yesterday, is not it? Come forward.

He then approached Sanders with the same question.

"The story was that I was screaming, struggling, delirious, and terrible. I watched Nancy yesterday. She was crazy with her hands and everything. She reminded me of Beto, "said Trump." What was my tone yesterday? "

"Very calm, I saw both of them, and it was not really angry or throaty," Sanders replied, "very calm and direct, and clear, that we really have to work and make good things for the American people, and it will be impossible to do that if we spend all our time fighting.

"It could not have been calmer," Trump said.