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Posted: 2019-06-09T13:54:44Z | Updated: 2019-06-09T13:54:44Z

Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.) chastised President Donald Trump for berating House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-N.Y.) during a trip to Normandy, France, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of World War IIs D-Day landings.

In an interview with AM 970s The Answer in New York that aired Sunday, King said the president should have held back from bashing the speaker while abroad, as first reported by The Hill .

I have a different style from the president, said King, a member of the House Homeland Security Committee. I wouldnt have been attacking Nancy Pelosi from Normandy.

King said Trump had every right to fight back in response to critical comments by Pelosi about him but that the Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial wasnt the right place to so do.

I just think that for his own sake... he shouldve let it be until he got home, King said. He should be above that.

With the graves of U.S. troops who died in the D-Day attack serving as the backdrop, Trump during an interview on Thursday with Fox News Laura Ingraham called Pelosi a nasty and vindictive person .

I think shes a disgrace, the president said. I actually dont think shes a talented person. Ive tried to be nice to her because I would have liked to have gotten some deals done. Shes incapable of doing deals. Shes a nasty, vindictive, horrible person.

Unlike Trump, Pelosi didnt indulge in attacking her political opponent during her D-Day memorial visit to Normandy.

I dont talk about the president while Im out of the country, she told CNN when asked for reaction to Trumps comments. Thats my principle.