Trump Government Shutdown Quotes

How many are worried about a government shutdown? How many are more worried about it starting back up? ~ Jay Leno

So it was sort of an odd time because I had been hired, but my paperwork hadn't gone through. So I worked as an intern during the government shutdown, as an intern, but I already had a job. ~ Monica Lewinsky

The most basic duty of government is to defend the lives of its own citizens. Any government that fails to do so is a government unworthy to lead. ~ Donald Trump

We've got the government shutdown, but the beginning of Obamacare. You know what that means? You can now complain to your doctor about the government making you sick. ~ Jay Leno

1995 government shutdown from GOP underestimating Clinton. ~ Newt Gingrich

For all Trump's criticisms of government, his family wealth came from feeding at the government trough. His father, Fred Trump, leveraged government housing programs into a construction business; the empire was founded on public money. ~ Nicholas Kristof

Lawmakers need to be held accountable and should feel the impact of a government shutdown just like many other Americans will. ~ Debbie Stabenow

I think it was absolutely a mistake for President Obama and Harry Reid to force a government shutdown. ~ Ted Cruz

We've also had comments in relation to Donald Trump's comments in respect of investment in Scotland- the UK government has never given Mr Trump awards or appointments. ~ James Brokenshire

Whatever happened to Trump Airlines? How about Trump University? And then there's Trump Magazine and Trump Vodka and Trump Steaks, and Trump Mortgage?A business genius he [Donald Trump] is not. ~ Mitt Romney

What did Republicans get for 16 days of a government shutdown with people being hurt? We have absolutely nothing to show for it, other than a damaged brand. ~ Trey Gowdy

Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States. ~ Lawrence O'Donnell

His [Donald Trump] name is on everything. He is a celebrity. But he is not a governor. He has never run government. He is a business executive. ~ Marc Thiessen

So the Mexican government fed the pope a tremendous amount of stuff about Trump is not a good person, and the pope just made a statement. Can you imagine? I just got a call. As I'm walkin' up here, they said, "Mr. Trump, the pope made a statement about you." I said, "The pope?" ~ Donald Trump

Trump argues for his own brand of strong-government conservatism grounded not in, say, Bush's faith in God, but in Donald Trump's faith in himself. He has never shown more than the briefest nod to traditional conservative concerns about limited government, personal liberty or the Constitution. ... If Trump is successful, liberty-oriented conservatism will be replaced by so-called common sense statism. ~ Jonah Goldberg

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I'll ask him when it's gonna start working again. ~ Stephen Colbert

Gay marriage within mainline denominations is gaining traction. Skewed pastors and even the government can't trump the Bible on this issue. Pastors: stand! ~ Steve Camp

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle. ~ John Culberson

None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind of driven, patriotic, idealist Americans to public service that our citizens deserved and that our system of self-government demands. ~ Barack Obama

You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vote made more money during last year's one-month government shutdown than a minimum wage worker makes in an entire year. ~ William J. Clinton

I assume everything that President Trump says is a lie until proven otherwise. ~ Steven Magee

I'm sick and tired of everyone making fun of the size of Trump's hands. We should all be bigger than that.
So should Donald Trump's hands ~ Ed Krassenstein

Yo mama so stupid, she watches Fox News and voted for Trump. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

Nobody respects women more than Donald Trump. ~ Donald Trump

Conway agreed with Bannon that if the Trump campaign could make the race about Hillary, not Trump, they would win with those hidden Trump voters. If the race stayed about Trump, "we'll probably lose. ~ Bob Woodward

People looked at him as an orange-faced evil clown with silly hair. Like the Joker in Batman comics. Make Gotham great again! ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

When all is said and done, Donald Trump will make History completely forget about Richard Nixon. ~ Ed Krassenstein

Republicans: 'we fought the good fight' - yeah, it woulda been worth it if we could have prevented just one poor kid from getting a free inhaler. ~ Bill Maher

I get these lightweights like Marco Rubio, he gets up and says'Oh, Donald Trump didn't talk about foreign policy'. ~ Donald Trump

I think I am actually humble. I'm much more humble than you would understand ~ Donald Trump Donald Trump Books

Just like Trump Tower, he [Donald Trump] must have hired a foreign worker to do his own tweets. ~ Marco Rubio

Trump/Russia is Far Worse Than Watergate. It's basically Watergate on Russian-made steroids. That would also help explain Trump's man-boobs and crazy mood swings. ~ Ed Krassenstein

You have to think anyway, so why not think big? ~ Donald J. Trump

The worst elements in Mexico are being pushed into the United States by the Mexican government. The Border Patrol knows this. Likewise, tremendous infectious disease is pouring across the border. ~ Donald Trump

I thought President Obama was bad and President Trump is even worse! ~ Steven Magee

The problems that had been Obama's problems for the past eight years were about to become Trump's problems. But his people didn't seem to want to know about them. ~ Michael Lewis

A person supporting [Donald]Trump likes Trump. And I think they would say the same about me. ~ George Saunders

Our politicians are stupid. And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over because they don't want to pay for them. They don't want to take care of them. Why should they when the stupid leaders of the United States will do it for them? ~ Donald Trump

Alternative facts and fake news are just other names for propaganda ~ Johnny Corn

I had to sign the paper to shut down the government. It's terrible ... [But] what the shutdown showed many, many people is the importance of the role of government. And as frustrated [as people get with] Washington, there are so many things [the government does] that are so important to people's lives every day. The panda cam, paying small businesses their loans - these are all things that shut down. ~ Sylvia Mathews Burwell

It doesn`t hurt to get more education. ~ Donald J. Trump

You will be attacked for trying to change anything. ~ Donald J. Trump

It's one thing to stick to your guns. It's quite another to hold those guns to the heads of your citizens. ~ Lori Goodwin

If you start getting involved with government on, this one gets this pay and this one gets that pay, then you say, where does it all start? Because you could have a woman that's much better than a man; you could have a woman that's not as good as a man. ~ Donald Trump

In Donald Trump, you have a candidate who knows the difference between wanting something done and making it happen. ~ Ivanka Trump

Even Donald Trump's hairpiece is fed up with his insults and says it now supports Bernie Sanders. When Trump found out, he sobbed ~ Michael R. Burch

I told Donald Trump, 'This isn't a campaign, this is a movement.' Look at what's happening. The American people are not happy with their government. ~ Jeff Sessions

I have a billion dollars ~ Donald J. Trump

All I can say on women's issues and women's health issues, there will be nobody better than Donald Trump. ~ Donald Trump

You must be a Fox News viewer. Nobody else is dumb enough to believe Trump's lies. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

Trust the government on COVID-19 and your life may be in danger. ~ Steven Magee

Part of the beauty of me is that I'm very rich."
(Trump, Donald, R-N.Y., billionaire real estate mogul; reality show hot air buffoon; ABC News with Ashleigh Banfield; 3/17/2011.) ~ Donald Trump

Trump's most fanatic supporters will never admit that he is anything less than the Second Coming of Christ, because it is much easier to brainwash someone into being a zealot than it is to make a zealot realize he has been brainwashed. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

At the debate, Donald Trump backed off of his health care position for 20 years. For 20 years, he has agreed with Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on socialized medicine, saying Obamacare doesn't go far enough. He wants the government to pay for everyone's health care and to control it. ~ Ted Cruz

Trump is a 12-year-old little asshole stuck in the body of a 70-year-old dumbfuck. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

I would say that I bought the land under which Trump Tower sits while playing golf. ~ Donald Trump

Stop saying that Trump has come "unglued", "unhinged" or "unravelled". That implies that he was actually glued, hinged and ravelled in the first place. ~ Ed Krassenstein

I don't think it's fair, the way that the establishment is treating Donald Trump. I will be honest. ~ Donald Trump

My father has created an enormous business and he's created an enormous brand for himself, and I'm contributing to the business that he's built every day at The Trump Organization ~ Ivanka Trump

Trump only cares how the covid-19 pandemic affects him, his bank account, and his chances of getting re-elected. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president. ~ Martin O'Malley

Working in a family business, which obviously The Trump Organization is, is an incredible thing, but it's complicated. It's complex. ~ Ivanka Trump

Bush warned us about pandemics in 2005. I used to think he was the dumbest, most incompetent president ever. But compared to Trump, Bush looks like Einstein. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

Republicans are now trying to stop Donald Trump. And there was much more ferocious and widespread criticism from Republicans of Trump this time around. ~ Steve Inskeep

Trump has blown up even the backroom version of the issues-driven campaign. There are no secret donors that we know of. Trump himself appears to be the largest financial backer of the Trump campaign. A financial report disclosed that Trump lent his own campaign $1.8 million while raising just $100,000. There ~ Matt Taibbi

Listen. Don't just wait to talk. ~ Donald Trump

In business you must give something back. ~ Donald Trump

I actually don't have a bad hairline. ~ Donald Trump

I don't like what's going on with voter ID. ~ Donald Trump

You have to see yourself as victorious ~ Donald Trump

It's always good to be underestimated. ~ Donald Trump

I get the picture better than anybody. ~ Donald Trump

I have nothing to do with Russia. ~ Donald Trump

Women should have absolute access to capital. ~ Donald Trump

I want to take a big dump
On the head of Donald Trump,
Just like he's dumping his shit on the world. ~ Harry Whitewolf

I'll be active in politics through PACs at a later date. ~ Donald Trump

Your enemy is not in the Middle East or Asia, it is your own government. ~ Steven Magee

Make your mistakes work for you by learning from them. ~ Donald Trump

We will never be great again. ~ Donald Trump

You can never be totally confident. ~ Donald Trump

Donald Trump has fired a campaign adviser for posting racist remarks on Facebook. Isn't that shocking? Donald Trump has a campaign adviser. ~ Conan O'Brien

I had a back-and-forth where I asked Donald Trump, is it true or false that he said the government should pay for everyone's health care? He said it's false. Listen, within minutes, we put out a video just contrasting what he said there with video of him just a few months earlier saying exactly the opposite. ~ Ted Cruz

Trump's defense is in his tweets. Insanity. ~ A.K. Kuykendall

Make America great again. ~ Donald Trump

The media theme was, "June is when you win the presidency," because that's what they thought Hillary [Clinton] was doing. Hillary was running ads condemning [Donald] Trump, characterizing Trump, marginalizing Trump. ~ Rush Limbaugh

It's a blip, not a catastrophe. ~ Donald J. Trump

The Republican establishment has been pushing for lightweight Senator Marco Rubio to say anything to hit [Donald]Trump. I signed the pledge. Careful. ~ Donald Trump

Melania Trump wanted two things: a sugar daddy and to be an American citizen. She got, instead, the worse version of the American dream. ~ A.K. Kuykendall

I predict that in 10 years from now, the Red "Make America Great" Hats will be a symbol of Racism that people avoid in a similar way as they do the Swastika. ~ Ed Krassenstein

A Trump presidency will turn the economy around and restore the great American tradition of giving each new generation hope for brighter opportunities than those of the generation that came before. ~ Ivanka Trump

What we see happening with this Republican strategy is a willingness to threaten the very foundation of the world's greatest economic power. That is a very risky proposition. ~ Jay Carney

Donald Trump's brain has 2 sides, the right side and the left side.

On the left side is nothing right. On the right side is nothing left. ~ Fuad Alakbarov

You had to see him [Marco Rubio] backstage. He was putting on make up with a trowel. ~ Donald Trump

Behind government corruption are a wide range of vested corporate interests. ~ Steven Magee

Most people don't think for themselves. They just regurgitate someone else's opinion and pass it off as their own. ~ Oliver Markus Malloy

The White House says that the FBI has an "extreme bias" against Donald Trump..... or as the FBI calls it: "Evidence! ~ Ed Krassenstein

So it's exciting for me to be able to be with him [my father, Donald trump] for major moments and stand by his side, and I'm very proud of him as a daughter and as somebody who's worked beside him for the past decade at The Trump Organization. ~ Ivanka Trump

With President Trump, however, the masculine archetype seems to have regressed. Trump is less the strict father than the petulant child: a boyish figure who rejects advice, shirks discipline and refuses to be beholden to behavioral norms. He is rarely even seen as the patriarch of his own family; as Melania Trump said after he was caught boasting about assaults on tape, "Sometimes I say I have two boys at home. ~ Amanda Hess

I still maintain that you cannot treat [Donald] Trump, analyze Trump, destroy Trump the way politics says you destroy people that are running for office. I don't think the standard, ordinary operating procedures work. ~ Rush Limbaugh

Case in point: Take adversity and make it an asset. ~ Donald Trump