US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday defended her decision to tear apart President Donald Trump's annual State of the Union address, which she alleged was a manifesto of mistruths.
"He (Trump) shredded the truth, so I shredded his speech," Pelosi reportedly told her fellow Democrats during a closed door meeting the morning after the State of the Union address, the third and the final one of Trump's first term.
"You are supposed to talk about the State of the Union, not the state of your alleged mind," Pelosi quoted by The Hill newspaper.
At the start of address, Pelosi, who presided over the joint session of the US Congress, was seen extending her hand to Trump for handshake. The president apparently overlooked it. The short video soon went viral on the social media.
When Trump concluded his speech, -- that lasted for an hour and 18 minutes -- Pelosi standing behind the president literally tore page after page of the speech's copy