Pelosi Rips Up Trump’s State of the Union Speech After Apparent Handshake Snub

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rips up the speech of President Donald Trump after his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Feb. 4, 2020. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) tore President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech in half just after the president finished speaking on Tuesday night.

Pelosi, 79, was handed a copy of Trump’s prepared remarks along with Vice President Mike Pence, 60, before Trump began speaking. She reached out a hand to shake Trump’s but he did not shake it.