Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), one of the most powerful Democrats in Congress, called President Donald Trump “a vile creature,” adding that he is “the worst thing on the face of the earth.”
Pelosi made the comments during a sit-down interview with CNN that aired on Monday. The hostile remarks come as political violence in the United States continues to rise, following two assassination attempts on President Trump in 2024 and the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in September.
“He’s just a vile creature, and the worst thing on the face of the earth, but anyway,” Pelosi said of Trump.
“You think he’s the worst thing on the face of the earth?” asked CNN journalist Elex Michaelson.
“I do, yeah,” Pelosi replied.
She defended her harsh words about Trump, arguing that he “does not honor the Constitution of the United States.”
“In fact, he’s turned the Supreme Court into a rogue court. He’s abolished the House of Representatives. He’s chilled the press,” Pelosi added. “He’s scared people who are in our country legally.”
Pelosi: Trump is “a vile creature. The worst thing on the face of the Earth.”
CNN: “You think he’s the worst thing on the face of the Earth?”
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— Greg Price (@greg_price11) November 3, 2025
The 85-year-old congresswoman was not asked to explain how Trump has made the Supreme Court a “rogue court” or what she meant by arguing that the House of Representatives has been “abolished.” The CNN interview focused on California’s special election on Tuesday, when voters will cast their ballots on Proposition 50, which aims to redraw the state’s congressional maps to further favor Democrats.
Democrats are reportedly preparing for Pelosi to announce her retirement from Congress in the coming days. The 20-term congresswoman is expected to address her future plans after Tuesday’s election, NBC News reported. Asked about her future political plans, Pelosi said she’s more concerned about getting the Democratic Party back in power and fighting the “poison of the Trump administration.”
“For me, it’s just a question about one thing: winning the House for the Democrats, and that’s what we’re doing with Proposition 50. It’s the first step,” she said. “And then we go from there to winning. And the only reason I’m in Congress this term is to win the House for the Democrats, to protect us from the poison of the Trump administration.”
Republicans have recently addressed the rise in political violence coming from the Left and have urged their Democratic colleagues to tone down their rhetoric on Trump and conservatives. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing last week, committee chair Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) called out “left-wing extremism,” arguing that for the past 15 months, political violence “has been a constant fact of American life.”
Daily Wire host Michael Knowles testified during the hearing and blasted Democrats for attempting to include those on the Right as main drivers of political violence.
“This seems to me confusing and misbegotten as one cannot solve a problem if one does not know where the problem lies,” Knowles said, adding, “In light of the murder of my friend Charlie Kirk by a leftist assassin, I am gratified to see that at least some members of our federal legislature are now confronting the consistent and escalating pattern of left-wing terrorism in the country.”
Pelosi has also been affected by political violence, when her husband, Paul, was attacked by a hammer-wielding man in 2022. The attacker, David DePape, espoused right-wing conspiracy theories and testified that he wanted to interrogate Pelosi and get her to admit to corruption. President Trump called the attack on Paul Pelosi a “sad situation,” but also made light of the incident.
“Pelosi has a big wall wrapped around her house, but of course, it didn’t help too much with the problem she had, did it?” Trump said during a 2024 rally.
