President Trump has now presided over more days of government shutdown than any other U.S. president, surpassing former President Jimmy Carter’s record set more than four decades ago.
According to federal data, Trump’s two administrations have collectively experienced 57 days under funding gaps, eclipsing Carter’s 56. Thirty-six of those days occurred during Trump’s first term. Former President Bill Clinton ranks third, overseeing 26 shutdown days across two separate funding lapses.
The current shutdown began on October 1 after Congress failed to agree on a spending plan by the end of the fiscal year. Democrats have demanded the renewal of Affordable Care Act tax credits and the reversal of Trump’s proposed Medicaid cuts as part of any deal.
Trump officials have used the shutdown period to advance their long-term goal of reshaping the federal bureaucracy, including reducing staffing and agency budgets. During the 2019 shutdown, Trump famously declared he was willing to keep the government unfunded for “years” to secure border wall funding before eventually signing a short-term spending bill without it.
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