As the deadlock threatens to spill over into the new year, Don Lemon played a phone interview that Trump did with Fox News in 2013 when the government faced a similar situation under Obama.

Lemon said on Thursday night, “This is what Donald Trump said to Fox News ahead of a government shutdown when Barack Obama was still president.”

In the clip from five years ago, Trump is asked who is “going to bear the brunt of the responsibility if indeed there is a shutdown of the government.”

On the phone, Trump replied: “Well, if you say who gets fired, it always has to be the top. I mean, problems start from the top, and they have to get solved from the top. And the president’s the leader. And he’s got to get everybody in a room. And he’s got to lead.”

Lemon then reacts by repeating Trump’s words, followed by a “hmmmmm.”

He then added, “Donald Trump suggesting that President Barack Obama should have been fired for a government shutdown. Priceless.”

Last edited by Just Fred (1/04/2019 5:04 pm)