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Trump has said it's the president's responsibility to avoid a shutdown.

Donald Trump’s Own Words on Government Shutdown Used Against Him

Oct 02, 2025 at 05:56 AM EDT
updated Oct 02, 2025 at 08:20 AM EDT

By Kate Plummer
Senior US News Reporter
Newsweek is a Trust Project member

President Donald Trump's previous assertion that a president would be to blame if there was a government shutdown in the U.S. has resurfaced after the country's government shut down at midnight on Wednesday.

Speaking to NBC in April 2011, before he became a politician, Trump said a shutdown would be a "tremendously negative mark on the president"—despite now blaming Democrats for the new shutdown. Clips of the interview have since circulated on social media, with commentators pointing out a disparity between his old and new statements.

https://www.newsweek.com/trump-shutdown-words-used-against-him-10815574

And look at the period of 16 years without one, while also noting who has been president for the last two:


https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/1/a-history-of-us-government-shutdowns-every-closure-and-how-long-it-lasted

Bottom line: In Trump's own words he has failed as a president. Twice.