American News Coverage of Speaker Nancy Pelosi

The media has done a tremendous job when it comes to the coverage of Nancy Pelosi and Donald Trump. There are numerous news articles, opinions, and analysis all focusing on the two. The left-leaning media outlets have been quite upfront and they have not failed to demonstrate their grievances. There is a clear impression being made on the popularity of Nancy Pelosi against that of Donald Trump. Nancy Pelosi is shown as the one person who has stood up to Trump and she has maintained her focus especially in regards to the government shutdown. The State of the Union address had to be postponed to a date that was conducive and acceptable to Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats. This shows how much she was not willing to give in to the demands of the president. While some articles will portray Nancy Pelosi as being a winner, there are others that show her to have lost. The Fix news article that was published on January 23 titled "Pelosi trumps Trump" (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-trumps-trump) clearly demonstrates that she was unwilling to give in to the demands of Trump. She put her foot down and she has maintained her stance. The article is quite balanced in that it offers ways of how Trump has managed to outmaneuver his opponents and he has not managed to do the same when it comes to Nancy Pelosi. She does not have a button that Trump can push for her to follow on his demands.
According to an opinion article published by David Byler in the Washington Post "Don’t overthink this. Trump lost the shutdown." (https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/01/29/dont-overthink-this-trump-lost-shutdown/) the author posits that negative ratings for Nancy Pelosi have shot up from 28 percent to 34 percent during the scuffle between her and Trump. As it stands right now her negative ratings are at 47 percent. The coverage here is not about the ratings for Nancy Pelosi the author wants to question the notion that Trump lost and Pelosi won in regards to the government shutdown. The author portrays how wrong it was for Trump to shut down the government to push for funding for the wall yet at the end of the day he did not get the funding. There is clearly no other way to show this than as a loss to Trump. Pelosi is portrayed as the winner even though her negative ratings have increased. This is a great opinion article as it lays down the facts and talks about the impact of the facts on the reality of the situation.
January 24
(Analysis) https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/23/politics/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi/index.html
Pelosi outrightly told Trump that he will not be addressing a bicameral session of Congress on January 29. This came as a surprise as no one had ever imagined that the president could be denied the opportunity to give the State of the Union address on the House floor. Pelosi is unwilling to give in to the demands and threats of the president and she remains steadfast in what she is doing. The analysis notes that this should not be surprising since Trump himself has been an unorthodox president. Trump pushes so hard for his agenda and he ignores the barriers that come with his pushing. The Democrats have now followed suit and they are also pushing boundaries. This analysis is balanced as it not only covers one angle of the story but also covers the different angles. The author is fair in his analysis and the article does not portray any one individual as being superior of the other. They are merely playing by the rules that the other has proposed.
There might be a clear theme where Nancy Pelosi is portrayed as being a winner in most of these articles. She is considered to be an iron lady who has the guts to stand up to Trump and this is surprising to many Republicans. The coverage is balanced in that there are no one-sided articles and the authors attempt to bring both sides to the table. The differences between the past and how Trump is being handled by Nancy Pelosi have been presented and this allows the readers to see an understand why there is a huge rift between the two. Nancy Pelosi is widely portrayed as the one person who can tame the president and ensure that he does not push too much for his own vision of America. By shutting down the government, Trump was making an attempt to have his way. However, he was met by a though hose speaker who was not going to accept his moves. Nancy Pelosi has received too much attention in the past ten days. Pelosi is seen as the one who can restore discipline on Trump, and ensure that he stops throwing tantrums. The CNN article dated January 25 "Pelosi Schools Trump in the art of power" (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/12/opinion/sunday/dowd-nancy-pelosi-donald-trump.html) does offer insights on how Pelosi is able to deal with the tantrum-prone president.
Nancy Pelosi is shown as a powerful woman who has managed to best Trump. "She understands that power and the opportunity to get things done is a brief and transitive thing." Pelosi has used her knowledge to stand firm against the president and she has forced him to back down on his own words. Threats have not worked against her and Trump has found himself unable to defeat Pelosi. The media is showing Pelosi's true power and how she is able to wield it effectively. After Pelosi rescinded her invitation to the president, Trump made a threat to hold the event at a different location, however, he had to back down when he discovered that Pelosi was unmoved by his threats. The media has used this to portray the power that Pelosi has over Trump and how she is able to advance her goals in politics and policies. In the article "Pelosi schools trump in the art of power" (https://edition.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/pelosi-schools-trump/index.html) Pelosi's background in analyzed and her life in politics is presented to the reader. The article not only discusses her current situation but also presents her image and her journey in politics. This is vital to showcase who Pelosi is and why she remains steadfast in what she says. Pelosi is outmaneuvering Trump in so many ways that Trump is not able to determine how to defeat her.
The status of the issue is that while the president was forced to open up the government for him to make his speech, he still has hurdles in the speaker that he has not managed to overcome. Pelosi has made it clear that even though Trump has opened up government, there is still no compromise regarding the building of the border wall. Pelosi and the Democrats are not willing to give in to the president and they are ready to face him head-on when he makes another attempt to push for the border wall. This has ruined their relationship and Trump did not want to be formally introduced to the chamber by the speaker as is the norm. While it might seem like Pelosi has won the battle, it is yet to be seen how the next couple of days will transform, especially considering that the government might be shut down again after three weeks in case there is no deal regarding the border wall. Media supporters of Trump did turn against him and they questioned him as to why he agreed to reopen the government even when he had promised that he would not reopen till he gets the funds to build the border wall. This has raised many questions with most of them wondering how Pelosi managed to arm-twist the president into reopening the government.