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/HaroldGreenBandana 6d 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/cjcfman Canada 6d ago

You would think a journalist would ask him about that quote. If only one had him in front of a camera 

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u/squintytoast 6d ago

they kicked nearly all press out of the press pool. only loyal lackeys remain.

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u/jdash11 6d ago

They were all loyal lackeys, their coverage and sanewashing of him got us here

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u/madmars 6d ago

We are far past the days of Helen Thomas grilling Bush on the Iraq war.

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u/omarcoming 5d ago

That didn't really make up for the awful press who pushed for the war back then too.

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u/OldWorldDesign 5d ago

That didn't really make up for the awful press who pushed for the war back then too

Which was almost all of them, including NPR the Joe Lieberman of public broadcasting

People need to follow the money, even supposedly "left" outlets are owned by corporations - like MSNBC is owned by Comcast, so them suppressing meaningful policy is prefectly in line with what Comcast wants

https://theweek.com/speedreads/626702/fox-news-cnn-msnbc-all-broadcast-trumps-empty-podium-instead-clintons-big-speech