‘King of what?’: Pelosi smacks Trump as he targets her for latest act of 'retribution'

A new presidential order that takes aim at a San Francisco achievement Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was instrumental in seeing through opened up a fresh clash between President Donald Trump and the former House speaker.

A new Trump executive order takes aim at a 1,500-acre national park set on a former military base that boasts sprawling views of the Golden Gate Bridge, according to Politico. The order calls for funding to be ripped from the Presidio Trust, the agency that oversees the historic landmark's scenic grounds.

The move is widely seen as “an act of political retribution,” though Pelosi characterized it Thursday as “a distraction” to draw attention away from Republican plans to cut Medicaid, which she said is unpopular.

“We’re here to talk about Medicaid, Mr. President,” Pelosi said, according to Politico. “We will not be distracted with other things. He called himself a king the other day. Really? King of what? Anyway, the emperor has no clothes as far as I’m concerned.”

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Pelosi said the agency, created in the 1990s, was protected under an act of Congress.

“I don’t take it personally if he wants to insult something as innovative and wonderful as the Presidio,” the former House speaker told the New York Times. “There are some people who don’t believe in urban parks. We believe in urban parks, and that’s why we have the Presidio.”

A former Presidio Trust member echoed Pelosi’s position.

“It’s not going away, it cannot be eliminated by one person,” Marie Hurabiell told Politico.

Other San Francisco residents were equally roiled by the president’s escalation of the notoriously fraught relationship between him and Pelosi.

“He’s not just targeting the trust,” city Supervisor Stephen Sherrill is quoted as saying. “He’s not just targeting Speaker Pelosi. He’s targeting all San Franciscans.”