'Don't say cover-up or the country gets it': Maddow

[View in browser]( [Image](  MAY 21, 2019 ["I don't do cover-ups," President Trump said.](  During a highly unusual appearance in the Rose Garden on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he would not work with congressional Democrats as long as they persist in investigating him.  Just before he appeared in front of reporters, Trump stormed out of an infrastructure meeting with Democratic leaders, including Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. Two Democratic sources with knowledge of the meeting told NBC News that Trump arrived late to the meeting and expressed dismay at comments Pelosi [had made earlier in the day](, calling her remarks inconsiderate.   Trump publicly slammed Pelosi for saying "we believe the president is engaged in a cover-up."  “This whole thing was a take-down attempt of the president of the United States,” Trump said.  Pelosi later told reporters that Democrats had gone to the White House to discuss infrastructure and in the "spirit of bipartisanship to find common ground with the president."  Sen. Schumer pointed out that "there were investigations going on three weeks ago when we [first] met, and he [Trump] still met with us."  On the Rachel Maddow Show Wednesday, Schumer theorized that the president's tantrum had a cause: "The level of concern and agitation in the president's own self has risen because of the last two days of [court cases](," he said.  Rep. Dan Kildee, on MSNBC this afternoon, said [Americans will pay the price of this standoff.]( "[The president] is not punishing Congress by not working on infrastructure, he's punishing hardworking Americans who depend on infrastructure for their livelihood. What he's saying is that the American people don't deserve 21st century infrastructure because he doesn't like the fact that Congress is investigating some of the aspects of his administration." Speaker Pelosi, for her part, said she [has the president in her thoughts](: “I pray for the president of the United States and I pray for the United States of America." [Image] A federal judge dealt a major blow to President Trump on Wednesday, ruling that Deutsche Bank and Capital One can hand over the president's financial documents in response to congressional subpoenas. The Trump family and company had sued last month in an effort to block the banks.   At least two other banks, Wells Fargo and TD Bank, have already complied with subpoenas and handed over financial documents.  The committee, led by Rep. Maxine Waters, is especially interested in the president’s business relationship with Russia and other foreign entities. ICYMI: Videos from MSNBC Today [Image]( [Fact checking a presidential tantrum]( WaPo’s Aaron Blake, LA Times’ Eli Stokols, former US Attorney Chuck Rosenberg, and former Congresswoman Donna Edwards on the numerous lies Trump told during his speech in the Rose Garden. ([Deadline: White House]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image](  [Inside the secret Trump impeachment meeting](  Speaker Nancy Pelosi met privately with the majority of House members to debate impeaching President Trump, in response to private and public lobbying by some Democrats that an impeachment probe is the best way to confront White House stonewalling. ([The Beat]() [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Image](  [Trump losses mount as cracks form in dam of secrecy]( Rachel Maddow looks at how Donald Trump has steadily lost ground in his fight to keep his finances, campaign, and administration opaque to oversight and investigation. 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(All In)]( [Latest from NBC News]( Quote of the Day [“To watch what happened at the White House would make your jaw drop.”Â](  — Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer after President Trump stormed out of his infrastructure meeting with top Democrats.  ([Watch Chuck Schumer break down what happened with Rachel Maddow]() Analysis and Opinion [OPINION](: Trump's obstruction strategy doesn't seem so foolproof anymore. And he knows it. Growing Democratic pressure — and a new court ruling — suggest Trump’s plan to run out the clock on oversight efforts may have some holes in it. [by Kurt Bardella](  [ANALYSIS](: Trump's new message: Me first, America second. By saying the quiet part out loud again, Trump has owned the decision to make the next 18 months about him and not the American public. [by Jonathan Allen]( Watch to Watch Thursday John Walker Lindh, the American captured fighting with the Afghan Taliban two months after the 9/11 attacks, is [set to be released from prison Thursday]( amid concerns among U.S. authorities that he remains a potentially violent Islamic extremist. We'll bring you the latest on this on MSNBC. This newsletter was prepped for you by Sam Go and Stephanie Haberman.  Tell us what you think of the news and [drop us an e-mail](mailto:msnbc.digital.editors@nbcuni.com).  Were you forwarded this email from a friend?  [Subscribe here](. Photo Credit: Evan Vucci | Associated Press  Follow MSNBC [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [YouTube]( [LinkedIn]( Download the NBC News Mobile App and watch MSNBC [Image] [Image] [Privacy]( [Unsubscribe](listvar=sub_daily)