After the US Senate said that the biggest winner in the test of power over the "closure" of federal administrations is Democrat Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the House of Representatives, she is now the most prominent leader of her party after being questioned until recently.
When Pelosi spoke shortly after Donald Trump announced a temporary settlement on the government´s "closure," she made sure to use thoughtful and balanced expressions far from any sense of vanity and victory. Trump has been forced to accept the settlement without his basic demand for financing a wall between his country and Mexico.
Pressured by the press to comment on this clear political victory, the 70-year-old was keen to avoid slipping into vanity, and even criticized the US president.
The overwhelming majority of analysts considered Pelosi the first winner to test the "closure" crisis.
"I´m a strong supporter of the president, but the things have to be named by their names ... It´s a victory for Nancy Pelosi," said conservative software host Lou Dobbs on Fox Business Network.
Trump still has the support of a handful of supporters in the media, such as Fox News anchor Sean Hannity, who said, "All those who think the president is back do not know Donald Trump, who I know.
Since the closure of government departments nearly a quarter of a century ago, it was the attitude of public opinion that determines the winner of this type of confrontation between Republicans and Democrats.
Prior to the recent budget and funding stalemate, opinion polls revealed the Americans´ great opposition to building the wall and their refusal to close.
After a section of government departments closed, opinion polls revealed that most Americans bore Donald Trump responsible for the crisis.
Faced with this reality, Nancy Pelosi rejected Trump´s proposals to end the crisis, even rejecting his proposal to bring the status of a class of immigrants into the discussion.
"It was Nancy Pelosi who was supposed to die politically, and instead it turned out that Trump had lost his charm," said Jane Crens, an editorialist for the conservative Daily Koller.
Pelosi, a 78-year-old from a long-standing family from Baltimore, has presented many politicians. During the government´s closure crisis, she worked with Senate Democratic Minority Leader Chuck Shammer to bridge differences within the party.
A few weeks ago, many young Democrats in the Democratic Party launched a campaign against Pelosi, claiming they did not reflect the forces of change needed within the party.
The Trump administration tried to sow divisions within the Democratic camp by inviting members of the House and Senate of the moderates to lunch at the White House, but they all refused to call.
"Our diversity is the source of our strength," Pelosi said Friday. "This is what the president seems to have underestimated."
"What happened during the closure was Trump´s promotion of Nancy Pelosi´s position as speaker of the House of Representatives," said Chuck Todd, a NBC journalist. "She helped her do what she did not do before - to force herself as a party leader Democratic. "
