Claim: In 2013, then-businessman and reality TV host Donald Trump said: "A government shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership. The group shared the meme elsewhere on X and Instagram, with captions reading: "This Trump quote aged beautifully… and for once, we agree with him!" Trump and the White House repeatedly blamed the 2025 shutdown on the Democrats (archived, archived, archived). On Oct. 1, the first day of the 2013 shutdown, Trump responded (archived), "True!" In sum, although no evidence was found of Trump saying, "A government shutdown falls on the president's lack of leadership.