Article snippet: Democratic congressional leaders said they walked out of a briefing with President Trump on Turkey after hearing little but insults from Trump. The Senate’s top Democrat, Chuck Schumer, said Trump insulted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by calling her a ‘‘third-rate politician.’’ Schumer said the meeting ‘‘was not a dialogue. This was sort of a diatribe, a nasty diatribe not focused on the facts.’’ “He was insulting, particularly to the speaker,” he said. “She kept her cool completely.” Pelosi told reporters outside the White House that ‘‘what we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown.’’ Pelosi claimed Trump appeared visibly ‘‘shaken up’’ after House passage of a bipartisan condemnation of his decision to order the withdrawal of American troops from northern Syria. Pelosi also said Democrats ‘‘couldn’t continue in the meeting because he was just not relating to the reality of it.’’ Trump also described former Defense Secretary James Mattis as ‘‘the world’s most overrated general’’ during the meeting, according to a Democrat familiar with the briefing who offered a readout on condition of anonymity. Trump, according to the person, was presented at one point with a quote from Mattis warning of an Islamic State group resurgence if the US does not continue to apply pressure. But Trump responded with the insult, criticizing Mattis for not being ‘‘tough enough.’’ Trump also said during the meeting that 100 Islamic State prisoners had escaped following the U... Link to the full article to read more