In 2011, on the eve of a potential government shutdown under former President Barack Obama, Donald Trump — then a famed reality TV host and tabloid staple — told The Today Show that a government shutdown amounted to a “tremendously negative mark on the president of the United States.” Now, for the second time while he has been in office, Trump’s government has shut down.

The Republican-controlled Congress is not running to get it reopened, instead working hard to shift blame off of themselves and onto Democrats. The White House is doing the same, while Trump seems borderline giddy over how he can use the shutdown to lay people off and cut government programs — never mind the Americans who will suffer as a result.

The government shut down after the Senate failed to pass a continuing

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