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Facing the collapse of the GOP health bill, President Trump declared a strategy to let Obamacare fail, anticipating Democrats would then seek Republican solutions.
...let Obamacare fail, it will be a lot easier. And I think we're probably in that position where we'll let Obamacare fail. We're not going to own it. I'm not going to own it. I can tell you the Republicans are not going to own it. We'll let Obamacare fail, and then the Democrats are going to come to us.
During a 2019 White House press conference addressing a government shutdown, Donald Trump controversially declared, "The buck stops with everybody," seemingly rejecting personal responsibility.
Q: Does the buck stop with you over this shutdown?Donald Trump: The buck stops with everybody.