SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump is taking aim at a crown jewel of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s legacy with an order to cut funding for an agency that operates a 1,500-acre national park on the site of a former Army base overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.
But at an event Thursday in the city, the California Democrat said the agency was protected under an act of Congress — and she accused Trump of creating a flurry of distractions to draw attention from an unpopular Republican proposal to cut social safety-net programs.
“I’m saying this to say, ‘We’re here to talk about Medicaid, Mr. President,’” Pelosi said as she slapped a paper on the table. “We will not be distracted with other things. He called himself a king the other day. Really? King of what? Anyway, the emperor has no clothes as far as I’m concerned.”
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
