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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi struggled to say President Trump's name during a forum at the Commonwealth Club of California, and admitted that Hillary Clinton's loss in the presidential election was "a blow" that's difficult to accept.
Pelosi, a Democrat and former House Speaker who represents San Francisco, referred to Trump at one point as "what's his name," and said she would "honor the position" by referring to Trump as president of the United States, even if she did not include his name.
"I don't know, from what I've seen, how much respect he has for the job," Pelosi said.
Pelosi confessed she would "do anything" to have George W. Bush as the GOP president over Trump. She recounted her first sit-down with Trump in a January White House meeting with congressional leaders that had traditionally been kept private. Pelosi spilled the details, which Democratic leaders leaked months ago, recalling for the Commonwealth Club audience that Trump's first words to her included the erroneous claim that he would have won the popular vote if not for massive voter fraud.