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Government shutdown reveals Donald Trump’s biggest critic to be his own 2013 Twitter account (newsthump.com)

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Donald Trump’s 2013 Twitter account has launched a stinging attack on 2025 Donald Trump for allowing the government to shutdown.

Displaying remarkable prescience, 2013 Trump said that the failure to reach a deal on the US budget was always the fault of the President who is, in an incredible coincidence, himself.

Taking to Twitter, 2013 Trump rebuked the President, saying that such an epic failure was always the fault of the Commander-in-Chief, and he was making the country a “laughing stock” by not negotiating on the budget – insisting the guy at the top has to take the blame.

Past Trump followed this up with an interview with Fox & Friends saying that the guy at the top – in this case, himself – should definitely be fired. [...]

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[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I feel like it's been more like 9 years

[–] nobody158@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago

Painfully so