Both sides are relishing the combat to come:
Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), the incoming Democratic Caucus chair, told me that after two years of essentially running a monarchy, Trump this week got a taste of Pelosi’s strength: “Everything changes on January 3rd. … She’s just getting started. There will be much more of that to come.”
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David Urban, a Trump adviser who hosted the president at last weekend’s Army-Navy game, told me Trump is treating Pelosi as “the new Hillary” until he has a 2020 opponent. “He’s already branding her: ‘I’m for you. She’s for them,'” Urban said.
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