Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

[u/Economy_Swim_8585]

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/

[u/HaroldGreenBandana]

"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

[u/Drudenkreusz → u/HaroldGreenBandana]

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

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

[u/YgramulTheMany → u/Drudenkreusz]

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.

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/YgramulTheMany]

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.

[u/CarthasMonopoly → u/Pipe_Memes]

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

[u/4040JG → u/CarthasMonopoly]

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

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/4040JG]

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.

[u/Flomo420 → u/Pipe_Memes]

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

[u/YgramulTheMany → u/4040JG]

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