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Pelosi finding out the hard way that you can't out-troll Trump washex.am/2Hv0xt1

“In light of the 800,000 great American workers not receiving pay, I am sure you would agree that postponing this public relations event is totally appropriate,” it adds.

“I also feel that ...it would be better if you were in Washington negotiating with me and joining the Strong Border Security movement to end the shutdown. Obviously, if you would like to make your journey flying commercial, that would certainly be your prerogative."

Like the flight cancellation, Pelosi’s proposal is a nakedly political calculation, as noted yesterday. Both the U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security disputed the Speaker’s suggestion that they’ve been hobbled by a lack of funding.

The Secret Service revealed further that they weren’t even contacted by the Speaker’s office regarding her supposed reason for wanting to postpone the State of the Union.

Pelosi’s concerns are obvious nonsense given that she extended the invitation to Trump on Jan. 3, twelve full days into the partial government shutdown.

Pelosi tried to pull a power move on the White House. On Thursday, Trump landed a brutally timed counter-punch.

His reasoning -- that she should be in the nation’s capital to continue negotiating the end of the shutdown -- is a scathingly shrewd touch.

Also, just to rub some salt in the wound, a WH official confirmed to NBC News that Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin is still slated to fly to Davos for next week’s World Economic Forum.