Remember when Trump wanted Obama fired over a government shutdown? CNN’s Don Lemon does.

President Trump calls in to Fox News in 2013.
(Image credit: Screenshot/CNN on YouTube)

Up until recently, President Trump has seemingly thought funding the government was an executive responsibility.

Trump has repeatedly blamed Democrats for his refusal to sign a spending bill last week because they wouldn't devote federal money to a border wall. But back when the government shut down in 2013, he thought the buck stopped with the president, CNN's Don Lemon recalled on Thursday.

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Kathryn Krawczyk

Kathryn is a graduate of Syracuse University, with degrees in magazine journalism and information technology, along with hours to earn another degree after working at SU's independent paper The Daily Orange. She's currently recovering from a horse addiction while living in New York City, and likes to share her extremely dry sense of humor on Twitter.