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Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer slammed former President Donald Trump as a 'child' in need of a 'family intervention' in an interview over Chinese food.
Speaking exclusively with CNN's Jamie Gangel, the two faces of the Democratic leadership in Congress spoke about their decades-long friendship and their thoughts on the current and former president in their first ever interview together.
During their lunch — in which they enjoyed shrimp dumplings, hot-and-sour soup and Peking duck — the duo compared the former president to a 'child,' saying Pelosi was able to handle Trump because she raised five children of her own.
They then went on to praise President Joe Biden for doing an 'excellent job' in office and said they hope he runs for re-election against Trump in 2024.
The candid interview came as Trump tries to draw up support for his presidential run with $99 NFT trading cards featuring him as various characters.
In an exclusive interview with CNN over Chinese food, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi slammed former president Donald Trump while supporting President Joe Biden
The two compared the former president to a 'child' with Pelosi saying he thinks h needs a 'family intervention'
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Pelosi and Schumer spoke with Gangel over lunch at the Hunan Dynasty on Capitol Hill, where the pair have enjoyed many meals together over the past few decades.
They spoke of the close friendship they have built over the years, with the House Speaker even jabbing Schumer at one point for still using a flip phone.
And, they seemed to agree on their thoughts about the potential 2024 race between Trump and Biden.
Schumer said he does not believe Trump will be re-elected, telling Gangel: 'The American people have gotten wise to him. [It] took a while, but they did.'
Pelosi then added: 'I don't think we should talk about him while we're eating.'
Still, they continued to discuss how they handled the former president when he was in office as they shared how they felt on January 6, 2021 when pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the Capitol in an effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.
The duo shared that they both had different approaches to dealing with the former president, with the Senate Majority Leader saying: 'He ultimately was a child.
'I tell people, "Nancy instinctively knew how to handle Trump because her first 35-40 years of life she raised five children.'
Pelosi later revealed that she does thinks Trump needs an intervention.
'I think there's a need for an intervention by his family,' she said candidly. 'He's not on the level.'
The two spoke about a meeting with Trump in 2018 in which Schumer got the then-president to say on camera that he would shut down the government if lawmakers refused to fund his border wall
The two also spoke about meeting with Trump when he was first inaugurated, with Pelosi revealing her shock when he began his speech by insisting he won the popular vote — which he lost.
She said she simply told him 'that's not true.'
And they shared how they met with the then-president in December 2018 in the Oval Office, when Trump said on camera that he would shut down the government if lawmakers refused to fund his
