The word that describes this week, frankly as well as the entire period since the government shutdown, is contentious. According to Merriam-Webster, lookups for contentious spiked 3,700% on January 4, 2019. What got everyone looking up contentious? Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, described a meeting between herself, Chuck Schumer, and Donald Trump to discuss a funding bill to reopen the government as contentious.
Check out Merriam-Webster’s definition of contentious to see if you agree that the past few weeks have been particularly contentious between Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump. I have a feeling that even when the shutdown is over, their relationship will continue to be contentious.
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