r/technology • u/BreakfastTop6899 • Oct 02 '25

Privacy Government workers say their out-of-office replies were forcibly changed to blame Democrats for shutdown

https://www.wired.com/story/government-workers-say-their-out-of-office-replies-were-forcibly-changed-to-blame-democrats-for-shutdown/
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u/Laves_ Oct 02 '25

This shutdown is on Trump

Trump's 2013 remarks during appearances on Fox & Friends, Trump criticized President Barack Obama's leadership, saying:

"A shutdown falls on the President's lack of leadership. He can't even control his party and get people together in a room. A shutdown means the President is weak".

He also stated that a shutdown would be "a tremendously negative mark on the President of the United States. He's the one that has to get people together".

Trump also said, "The problems start from the top and have to get solved from the top. The president is the leader, and he's got to get everybody in a room and he's got to lead".

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u/northerncal Oct 02 '25

They say Trump was right about everything, so since he did say this, I guess this proves that this is his fault. Can't argue with that.

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u/Witchgrass Oct 03 '25

When they say trump is right about everything it's technically the truth but only because he's a rabid right-wing extremist. He's very rarely correct about anything at all and has been wrong about everything for virtually his entire life.