Nancy Pelosi swipes at Trump, accusing him of crowning himself as ‘king’

House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi took a jab at President Donald Trump during a speech on Wednesday, saying that he “crowned himself king.”

During her remarks at the Washington Press Club Foundation’s annual congressional dinner, Pelosi claimed that the nation “is in a crisis of conscience.”

She said the country’s president “has crowned himself king,” the nation’s Congress has “abolished itself,” and the U.S. Supreme Court “has gone rogue.”

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Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment on Thursday.

Pelosi, a California Democrat, has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since mid-1987.

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President Donald Trump speaks to reporters and members of the media at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 1, 2026 in Palm Beach, Fla. (Al Drago/Getty Images)

She announced in November that she would not seek re-election.

Trump reacted to that news last year by lambasting the congresswoman.

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Vice President Mike Pence claps as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appears to rip a copy of President Donald Trump’s speech after he delivered the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 4, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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“Nancy Pelosi, the old and broken political hack who Impeached me twice and lost, is finally calling it ‘quits.’ She illegally made a fortune in the Stock Market, ripped off the American Public, and was a disaster for America. I’m glad to see the stench of Nancy Pelosi go!!!” the president said in a November Truth Social post.

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