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- No stranger to shutdowns: A look at Trump's history with government closures</p>
<p>Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAYOctober 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM</p>
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<p>A shuttered government is familiar territory to President Donald Trump, whose first term saw three shutdowns, including a 35-day closure spanning the end of 2018 into early 2019. It remains the longest in U.S. history.</p>
<p>Congress failed to pass new spending authority by the start of Wednesday, Oct. 1, prompting a shutdown of the federal government, the fourth during a Trump presidency.</p>
<p>"A lot of good can come down from shutdowns," Trump told reporters in the White House a few hours before the deadline. "We can get rid of a lot of things that we didn't want."</p>
<p>More: How the government shuts down and what it means for you</p>
<p>millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.</p>
<p>" style=padding-bottom:56%>Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.</p>
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<p>Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.</p>
<p>">Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.</p>
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<p>Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.</p>
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<p>Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.</p>
<p>">Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) talking to the media following the Senate rejecting a pair of dueling bills to fund the federal government and end the longest partial government shutdown in history.</p>
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<p>Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.</p>
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<p>Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.</p>
<p>">Passengers wait in a Transportation Security Administration line at JFK airport on Jan. 9, 2019 in New York City. Hundreds of TSA screeners and agents reportedly called in sick from their shifts from a number of major airports as the partial government shutdown continues. Employees of the TSA, whose job it is to keep airlines safe, are being forced to work without knowing when their next paycheck is coming.</p>
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<p>Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.</p>
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<p>Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.</p>
<p>">Celebrity Chef Jose Andres (R) helps carry free meals for U.S. Park Police outside his World Central Kitchen January 22, 2019 in Washington, DC. Founded by Andres, World Central Kitchen is a not-for-profit non-governmental organization devoted to providing meals in the wake of natural disasters. The pop-up kitchen has been providing meals to workers affected by the partial federal government shutdown since January 16 and started giving away groceries and providing other services this week.</p>
<p>" src=https://ift.tt/HNtuLPm class=caas-img>Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.</p>
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<p>Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.</p>
<p>">Furloughed contract workers, including security officers and custodians who have not been paid during the partial government shutdown, hold unpaid bills to present to the office of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 16, 2019. - Furloughed contract workers have not received back pay from previous government shutdowns, unlikely employees who work directly for the federal government. Four weeks into the US government shutdown, cash-strapped federal workers are tapping life-savings, selling possessions and turning to soup kitchens to make ends meet -- ramping up pressure for leaders in Washington to strike a deal.</p>
<p>" src=https://ift.tt/ywX0Ifx class=caas-img>TSA agent Anthony Morselli of Georgia, VT, shows his GoFundMe post on Facebook before starting his shift at Burlington International Airport on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Morselli and his wife, both TSA agents, didn't get paid along with approximately 800,000 other federal workers and, to try to make ends meet, started the GoFundMe site to try to pay the bills as the government shutdown entered it's 21st day.</p>
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<p>TSA agent Anthony Morselli of Georgia, VT, shows his GoFundMe post on Facebook before starting his shift at Burlington International Airport on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Morselli and his wife, both TSA agents, didn't get paid along with approximately 800,000 other federal workers and, to try to make ends meet, started the GoFundMe site to try to pay the bills as the government shutdown entered it's 21st day.</p>
<p>">TSA agent Anthony Morselli of Georgia, VT, shows his GoFundMe post on Facebook before starting his shift at Burlington International Airport on Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. Morselli and his wife, both TSA agents, didn't get paid along with approximately 800,000 other federal workers and, to try to make ends meet, started the GoFundMe site to try to pay the bills as the government shutdown entered it's 21st day.</p>
<p>" src=https://ift.tt/97xsYOX class=caas-img>David Fitzpatrick, 64, a Park Ranger, holds an American flag and a placard stating "You're fired" with "Smokey the Bear," after a protest rally with furloughed federal workers and area elected officials in front of Independence Hall on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>David Fitzpatrick, 64, a Park Ranger, holds an American flag and a placard stating "You're fired" with "Smokey the Bear," after a protest rally with furloughed federal workers and area elected officials in front of Independence Hall on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>">David Fitzpatrick, 64, a Park Ranger, holds an American flag and a placard stating "You're fired" with "Smokey the Bear," after a protest rally with furloughed federal workers and area elected officials in front of Independence Hall on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>Tourists photograph the Liberty Bell, unable to go inside due to a lapse in federal appropriations on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>Tourists photograph the Liberty Bell, unable to go inside due to a lapse in federal appropriations on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>">Tourists photograph the Liberty Bell, unable to go inside due to a lapse in federal appropriations on January 8, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.</p>
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<p>Government shutdowns impact millions of Americans. Beyond the walls of Congress and the White House, a shutdown would ripple through various government-run programs, such as federally funded preschool, federal college grants and loans, food safety inspections and more. See the most memorable images from the longest federal government shutdown — which lasted 35 days spanning from Dec. 22, 2018 to Jan. 25, 2019 — beginning here with an image that went viral of President Donald Trump alongside fast food he purchased for the 2018 College Football Playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers during their visit to the White House. Trump said the White House chefs are furloughed due to the shutdown.</p>
<p>The leaders of the two parties are standing their ground and it is unclear how long this shutdown might last. "I hope it's very short because real Americans are going to suffer," Speaker Mike Johnson said on CNN on Sept. 30.</p>
<p>Republicans have demanded a stopgap solution that would extend current funding levels until Nov. 21.</p>
<p>Democrats want to undo large-scale Medicaid cuts Republicans made this summer. They also want to permanently extend tax subsidies millions of Americans use to purchase insurance on the federal and state health insurance marketplaces. Those subsidies are due to expire Dec. 31 and Republicans say there's time to negotiate about them later.</p>
<p>After weeks of not speaking to one another, as the deadline neared, Trump and the four top congressional leaders left a private White House meeting on Sept. 29 without an agreement to keep the federal government open.</p>
<p>A timeline of shutdowns</p>
<p>U.S. President Donald Trump departs after declaring a national emergency at the U.S.-Mexico border while speaking about border security in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., February 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jim Young TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY</p>
<p>Trump had been in office exactly one year – Jan. 20, 2018 – when the government shut down for the first time under his leadership.</p>
<p>The three-day shutdown began when spending talks fell apart between Trump and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York, partly over protections for young immigrants, known as Dreamers, who had been brought to the United States illegally as children.</p>
<p>Trump's predecessor, President Barack Obama, had put in place protections for these young adults under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA. Trump ended the program but gave lawmakers six months to come up with a replacement.</p>
<p>During budget negotiations, however, he demanded immigration concessions from Democrats. The government reopened after Congress passed a short-term compromise that did not include the immigration provisions Democrats had wanted.</p>
<p>Three weeks later, on Feb. 8, 2018, the government shut down for a second time, but just briefly.</p>
<p>Conservative Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul triggered that government closure when he blocked a Senate vote on a funding bill because it would have added more than $300 billion to the federal budget deficit. The shutdown ended after a few hours, when the Senate and the House both approved the spending measure.</p>
<p>The third shutdown of Trump's first term – and the longest in U.S. history – started Dec. 22, 2018, and lasted until Jan. 25, 2019, after Trump demanded $5.7 billion to build a wall along the United States-Mexico border. Democrats flatly refused to negotiate on border wall funding until the government reopened.</p>
<p>That standoff stretched for 35 days, leading to the furlough of more than 350,000 federal workers and forcing 400,000 others to work without pay. Some food-safety inspections were temporarily stopped, trash piled up in national parks, federal landmarks and museums closed, and some airports shuttered checkpoints because of fewer Transportation Security Administration officers to screen passengers.</p>
<p>The shutdown ended only after Trump backed a bipartisan bill that contained none of the border wall funding he had demanded.</p>
<p>U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) holds a copy of the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, next to Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), just ahead of a September 30 deadline to fund the government and avoid a shutdown</p>
<p>Trump waded into shutdown battles between terms as well. After winning re-election in 2024 but before taking office, Trump attempted to torpedo a short-term funding bill that would have kept the government running beyond his inauguration and through March. The Republican-led Congress passed a bipartisan spending bill with Democratic support to avoid shutting down the government days before Christmas and Hanukkah.</p>
<p>Not a record number of shutdowns</p>
<p>An employee of the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC hangs a sign on the door on November 14, 1995, explaining the reason for the museum closure. The US government, which ran out of money midnight Tuesday, sent nearly 800,000 "non-essential" employees home.</p>
<p>Trump might have the longest shutdown record, but he doesn't hold the record for the most shutdowns. The government shut down eight times during Ronald Reagan's eight years as president. All, however, were brief. The longest lasted just three days.</p>
<p>Jimmy Carter presided over five government shutdowns during his single term in office, the longest of which lasted 18 days.</p>
<p>There have been 20 government shutdowns lasting at least one full day since 1975, with most taking place before 1995 and half being very brief.</p>
<p>Prior to the 1980's agencies didn't really shut down even if Congress hadn't yet approved a new spending plan. Instead, agencies would often continue to operate with the expectation that funding would be provided in the future, according to the Congressional Research Service.</p>
<p>Then, in 1980 and 1981 U.S. Attorney General Benjamin Civiletti wrote a series of legal opinions that established the basis for government shutdowns, saying that a longstanding law prohibited agencies from spending money without explicit authorization from Congress.</p>
<p>Contributing: Michael Collins</p>
<p>Sarah D. Wire writes for USA TODAY about how real people are affected by the federal government. She can be reached at [email protected]</p>
<p>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Trump's history with government shutdowns? He's no stranger.</p>
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