Article snippet: WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump abruptly quit a meeting with congressional Democrats Wednesday with a flat declaration he would no longer work with them unless they drop their investigations in the aftermath of the Trump-Russia report. After the truncated meeting with the Democratic leaders, scheduled for a discussion of U.S. infrastructure problems, Trump lashed out at Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her comment earlier in the morning on Capitol Hill that she believed the president engaged in a ‘‘cover up’’ of the Russia probe. The president then strode to the Rose Garden where aides had gathered reporters and TV cameras for his demand that Congress drop its investigations that are increasingly leading to talk of what he called the ‘‘i-word’’ -- impeachment. ‘‘I walked into the room and I told Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi I want to do infrastructure,’’ he said, referring to the top Democratic senator, New York’s Chuck Schumer. ‘‘But you know what we can’t do it under these circumstances,’’ Trump said. ‘‘So get these phony investigations over.’’ Pelosi, speaking to the media after Trump’s comments, said the president ‘‘just took a pass’’ on working on national infrastructure problems. “In any event, I pray for the president of the United States, and I pray for the United States of America,” Pelosi said. Senator Chuck Schumer, speaking alongside Pelosi, accused Trump of staging the episode in order to avoid talking about funding for an infrastructure pacak... Link to the full article to read more