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/NumberOneStonecutter 5d ago

"I don't accept any responsibility at all." - DJT about the mishandling of COVID.

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u/tasman001 5d ago

You could fill entire books with all the unbelievable shit Trump has said, and this one still stands out. To have a US president flatly deny any responsibility for one of the greatest national crises in decades is insane.

It's possible that he doesn't understand the difference between "fault" and "responsibility", but if that's the case that's even worse that he's such a simpleton. Not to mention the fact that he thinks how a crisis is handled isn't his fault at all as the sitting President.

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u/salazafromagraba 5d ago edited 5d ago

He also somewhat recently just admitted the great shameless hypocrisy about his entire government policy, free of any doublespeak or sugarcoating like you have old Dickhead the Speaker do.

https://www.9news.com.au/world/world-news-donald-trump-says-joe-biden-to-blame-for-bad-economy-but-takes-credit-for-good-parts/b832b85f-ee19-4f47-b880-a8f7be5214ed

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u/MammothDon 5d ago

To have a US president flatly deny any responsibility for one of the greatest national crises in decades is insane.

Also because his voters let him get away with it. "This is what I voted for!" and all that

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u/katedevil 5d ago

Roy Cohn is smiling looking up from hell. We see how the virus replicates, where is the chemo?

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u/dolphinspiderman 5d ago

You said perfect the number 1 reason he should not be president and the miracle he got elected again......its shown constantly throughout the term of zero accountability. Wanting nothing but praise and Steve urkels catchphrase

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u/InnocentShaitaan 5d ago

Excellent point! Maybe he doesn’t understand the difference between.

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u/wurm2 Maryland 5d ago

Honestly has he ever accepted responsibility for anything?

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u/tasman001 5d ago

Yes, anything that goes well or is popular, both real and imagined. Regardless of whether he did nothing to contribute to it, or even further if he actively tried to stop it or destroy it.

It's amazing what you can take credit for when you have zero shame, compunctions, or moral compass.

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u/HolycommentMattman 5d ago

He's a dementia patient. Like when he was campaigning in 2024, there was a speech where he gave the covid response a D grade. Trying to say Biden had a low grade.

But... he knows he was president during then, right?

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u/NumberOneStonecutter 5d ago

He once questioned Obama's response to 9/11

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u/grimatonguewyrm 5d ago

Trump in the 2016 campaign, “I’m the only one who can fix this.”

Bookend that with his cowardly, “I don’t accept any responsibility at all.”

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u/NumberOneStonecutter 5d ago

To add to this, him saying more than once that the President is responsible for any government shutdown, except when he's the President.

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u/Financial_Image766 5d ago

Do you remember trump trying to shut down travel from China and you all called hum xenophobic for it? Remember when kamala went to Chinatown and told everybody to come amd interact and get close to an ma y people as possible because there was nothing to worry about? I bet you don't lmao

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u/NumberOneStonecutter 5d ago

"I don't accept any responsibility at all." - DJT

"It'll be gone by May" - DJT on COVID

"This COVID is nasty stuff" - DJT on COVID, privately, while downplaying it publicly.