WASHINGTON-Democrats in Congress walked out of a White house meeting on Syria on Wednesday, claiming President Donald trump was demeaning to House speaker Nancy Pelosi. 

Pelosi said trump was “shocked” to lose a majority of Republicans on Wednesday, condemning trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria,

“What we saw from the President was a crisis, unfortunately to say,” Pelosi said.

Hours later, in a series of tweets attacking her, Trump said it was Pelosi who had an “unhinged meltdown”. In another tweet, trump said Pelosi “needs help fast,” adding: “Pray for her, she’s a very sick person!»

Pelosi then took a photo on trump’s Twitter feed of her standing up and pointing her finger at trump, and made it a background photo on her Twitter and Facebook pages.

The White house meeting took place shortly after the House of representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution condemning trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, virtually clearing the way for Turkey to invade Kurdish-held territory held by the United States. 

White house press Secretary Stephanie Grisham called Pelosi’s decision to leave “incomprehensible but not surprising.”

“Speaker Pelosi was not going to listen to or contribute to an important meeting on national security,” Grisham said in a statement. “While the democratic leadership decided to storm in and get in front of the cameras to whine, everyone else in the meeting decided to stay in the room and work on behalf of this country.”

Democrats said Pelosi quit after trump called her a third-tier politician, but not before Pelosi responded, ” I want you to be a politician, Mr. President. Then you would know the art of the possible.”

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Schumer said some lawmakers from both parties stayed behind, as he did initially, because he wanted to ask a question.

House minority leader Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif., said the meeting, which was attended by senior Pentagon officials, was “very productive” with ” Democrats who actually stayed in the meeting.”

“Those who will stay in the room are the ones who care most for the process of solving this problem and making sure America is safe,” McCarthy said.

Democrats also complain that the administration canceled a briefing for lawmakers on Syria that was scheduled for Thursday.