--- title: Nancy Pelosi Used Trump's Favorite Medium to Troll Him description: President Trump tried to make House Speaker Nancy Pelosi look bad. She took his claims of a 'meltdown' and made a new Twitter cover photo. canonical: https://time.com/5703242/nancy-pelosi-meltdown/ author: Rachel E. Greenspan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-10-17T14:52:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:00:54.251Z og:title: Nancy Pelosi Trolled President Trump Back After He Claimed She's 'Unhinged' og:description: The House Speaker is at it again og:url: https://time.com/5703242/nancy-pelosi-meltdown/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e909cf93a6c4e/698a046eb21a9c804c502864/nancy-pelosi-meltdown.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Nancy Pelosi Used Trump's Favorite Medium, Twitter, to Troll His Claim That She's 'Unhinged' og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Nancy Pelosi Trolled President Trump Back After He Claimed She's 'Unhinged' twitter:description: The House Speaker is at it again twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e909cf93a6c4e/698a046eb21a9c804c502864/nancy-pelosi-meltdown.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Nancy Pelosi Used Twitter to Troll President Trump Back After He Claimed She's 'Unhinged' by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 17, 2019 2:52 PM UTC  U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, listens to a question from a member of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, listens to a question from a member of the media following a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019.Alex Edelman—Bloomberg/Getty Images by [Rachel E. Greenspan](https://time.com/author/rachel-e-greenspan/) ## Rachel E. Greenspan Oct 17, 2019 2:52 PM UTC House Speaker [Nancy Pelosi](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2019/5567750/nancy-pelosi-2/) just trolled President Trump by using a picture he posted as her new Twitter cover photo. It all began when Pelosi spoke to reporters on Wednesday afternoon after a White House meeting about President Trump’s [decision to pull troops from northern Syria](https://time.com/5699596/turkey-syria-offensive-un-humanitarian-crisis/). “We have to pray for his health because this was a very serious meltdown,” she said. (The House voted to condemn the decision in a bipartisan measure on Wednesday.) Trump then took to Twitter in an attempt to criticize Pelosi, using her word against her, claiming she had an “unhinged meltdown.” > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184597281808498688) With his tweet, Trump shared a photo of Pelosi, the lone woman at a table full of men, standing up and pointing her finger at the President. Though he meant it as an insult, it appears she used it as a badge of honor on her own page soon after. She’s not alone in this response. Teen climate activist [Greta Thunberg](https://time.com/5685186/greta-thunberg-changes-twitter-bio-donald-trump-tweet/) recently used a comment from President Trump to update her Twitter bio. This is far from the first time Pelosi has gone viral among her supporters. From her [sunglasses moment](https://time.com/5477993/nancy-pelosi-sunglasses-meme/) to [the way she clapped](https://time.com/5522328/state-union-pelosi-clap-meme/) during President Trump’s State of the Union address, the California congresswoman’s moments often launch memes. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5703242/nancy-pelosi-meltdown/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5703242/nancy-pelosi-meltdown/"},"headline":"Nancy Pelosi Used Twitter to Troll President Trump Back After He Claimed She's 'Unhinged'","datePublished":"2019-10-17T14:52:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:00:54.251Z","description":"The House Speaker is at it again","url":"https://time.com/5703242/nancy-pelosi-meltdown/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt137e909cf93a6c4e/698a046eb21a9c804c502864/nancy-pelosi-meltdown.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel E. 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