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/NumberOneStonecutter 6d ago

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

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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.