When asked whether Mr. Biden would pay a political price for his grilling of Anita F. Hill during the 1991 confirmation hearings for Justice Clarence Thomas, Ms. Pelosi shook her head in the negative and waved a hand dismissively.
More than anything, Ms. Pelosi is focused on pursuing center-left policies she thinks will help her party out in 2020 — a focus on pragmatic improvements to health care, ballot access, clean government, immigration and infrastructure, one that emphasizes beating Mr. Trump politically without obsessing over Mr. Trump personally.
In her mind, that means grinding away at initiatives that she hopes will help re-elect new members in battleground districts, even if it risks delivering some achievements for Mr. Trump, and angering some critics on the left.
Mr. Trump met this week with Ms. Pelosi and other Democratic leaders at the speaker’s request, and agreed to work on a $2 trillion package to repair the nation’s crumbling roads, bridges, sewer systems and waterworks, securing his commitment to expand broadband nationally and undertake an overhaul of the country’s antiquated power grid.
“I like the number you’ve been using, Nancy — $2 trillion,” Mr. Trump said, according to an aide who was present at the White House for the meeting. “I’ll lead on this.”
The interaction was cordial. At one point, the president plucked a box of white Tic Tacs from his suit jacket and offered it to the speaker, who shook out a couple for herself.
Later that night, Mr. Trump cheerfully phoned Ms. Pelosi to reiterate that he really wanted to do a deal — despite the likely opposition of many Senate Republicans and Mick Mulvaney, his interim chief of staff.
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