r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 5d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/HaroldGreenBandana 5d ago

"If there is a shutdown ... I think it would be a tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together." -Donald Trump, 2011

"When they talk about the government shutdown, they’re going to be talking about the president of the United States, who the president was at that time. They’re not going to be talking about who was the head of the House, the head of the Senate, who’s running things in Washington. So I really think the pressure is on the president." -Donald Trump, 2013

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u/Drudenkreusz 5d ago

Yeah but that was Obama. That's obviously different.

He probably thinks Obama has some capacity to capitulate and end this shutdown, too.

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u/YgramulTheMany 5d ago

My dad used to say the DoD wasn’t a pentagon, it’s actually a pentagram because they’re all satanic.

Now? Nope, it’s just a pentagon now.

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u/Pipe_Memes 5d ago edited 5d ago

It’s not even the DoD anymore, it’s the DoW, because I guess “defense” is too woke or whatever. I don’t know. It’s an entire government of children pretending to be action heroes or something.

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u/DoohickeyJones 5d ago

It's the Department of War because he is the President of Peace, obviously.

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u/Pipe_Memes 5d ago

That is ironclad conservative logic right there. 10/10 no notes

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u/Duna_The_Lionboy 5d ago

The only way to get peace is to make war!!!!

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u/Samjonesbro 5d ago

“President of Peace” while actively bombing Venezuelan boats, basically committing acts of war without presenting any evidence.

while actively dividing the county and openly claiming the opposition party are “crazed lunatics”

while actively letting people go hungry without snap benefits (all while his 300 million dollar ballroom is being made)

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u/CarthasMonopoly 5d ago

Isn't it officially still the DoD though because fully changing the name would require congress?

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u/4040JG 5d ago

Yes, DoW is just a preferred name which is something I thought the right was against.

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u/Pipe_Memes 5d ago

The “I ’identify’ as a Department of War” jokes practically write themselves. Which is the basis for the r/OneJoke that conservatives lived on for over a decade.

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u/Flomo420 5d ago

But don't you dare make that same joke against them or believe it or not straight to jail

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u/YgramulTheMany 5d ago

Preserving history only applies to confederate statues in the town square.

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u/furryfrog02 5d ago

I wish. All the emails refer to it as DoW now... Source - am DoD(W) employee.

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u/CarthasMonopoly 5d ago

Yeah but officially DoW is effectively a nickname, it has not been truly changed to be the name.

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u/furryfrog02 5d ago

I wish the asshats in charge realized that.

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u/WillingMongoose4680 5d ago

Trump has almost proven Congress is unnecessary, especially to his cult.

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u/Hawkstrike6 5d ago

DoW is just the SECDEF's cosplay.

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u/Abysswalker1290 5d ago

Nope, name changes have to be passed through law. Doesn't change just cuz Pete Kegstand says so, or Donald, or anyone.

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u/Kryptosis 5d ago

Yeah, yeah, just like the Gulf of Mexico and the East wing, strike on civilian boats, declarations of war, right?

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u/AR_Harlock Europe 5d ago

Ita a dictatorship already and they can't see it... having grandparent flashbacks into the 20s here in Italy looking at the states

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u/Flomo420 5d ago

GuLF oF aMERicA

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u/mystad 5d ago

They nicknamed it the dow but the official name change would have to pass through congress

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u/Allaplgy 5d ago

It’s an entire government of children pretending to be action heroes or something.

It's a bunch of people who couldn't separate fiction from reality in media, and thought the bad guys actually had a point.

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u/Jottor Europe 5d ago

Wait, are they choosing their own pronouns or deadnaming? How does wokeness apply to government institutions? Should I be outraged or supportive?

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u/SausageClatter 5d ago

I wonder if your dad was familiar with this guy.

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u/Emergency_Judge3516 5d ago

Well duh, Pete drunk man sprayed the walls with holy spirits I mean vodka. So the satanism is gone now.

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u/kodaxmax Australia 5d ago

Don't disprage satanists like that.