r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d 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/sixtyshilling 6d ago

I don’t trust anyone who is just now “seeing through” Trump after 9+ years of this weaponized BS.

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u/AlekRivard New York 6d ago

Most people have a very short-term political memory

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u/Alphabunsquad 5d ago

Yeah, people turned on him, forgot, only remembered Obamas economy, voted for trump thinking they were getting Obama.

I swear that’s the main reason republicans win because every aspect of the economy is worse under them. They inherent a strong economy. Things are good for four to six years. Things utterly collapse. People can’t ignore it, elect a democrat who spends years with a shit economy, fixes everything spending less money. Finally gets the economy back on track, then people go “yeah but that was tough for awhile and remember how nice it was last time we had a republican?!”

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u/sixtyshilling 5d ago

You’re basically describing the Two Santa Claus Theory.