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IcyPeas

(25,797 posts)
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:06 PM Oct 2025

Trump: a lot of good can come down from shutdowns....


https://www.instagram.com/p/DPUVeHjk-zQ/
A shuttered government is familiar territory to President Donald Trump, whose first term saw three shutdowns, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019. It remains the longest in U.S. history.

"A lot of good can come down from shutdowns," Trump told reporters in the White House a few hours before the deadline. "We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want."

Trump's history with government shutdowns? He's no stranger. https://share.google/5Lsic8pEHqtcA1MSK
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Trump: a lot of good can come down from shutdowns.... (Original Post) IcyPeas Oct 2025 OP
He is doing it on purpose. Hurt people until he gets what he wants. Irish_Dem Oct 2025 #1
His purpose is continuing the Epstein Cover-up Hassler Oct 2025 #2
Praise the Bored and Pass the Toe Tags! MrWowWow Oct 2025 #3

Hassler

(4,965 posts)
2. His purpose is continuing the Epstein Cover-up
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:10 PM
Oct 2025

The layoffs are just his attempt at distraction

MrWowWow

(1,461 posts)
3. Praise the Bored and Pass the Toe Tags!
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 07:14 PM
Oct 2025

The beatings will continue until morale improves...

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