# Trump: "I don't take responsibility at all" **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 13, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444 "2020-03-13T22:22:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/1 "2020-03-13T22:22:14Z")
He was speaking specifically about the government’s response to COVID-19, but it’s been true of his entire Presidency. When has he taken responsibility for _anything?_ But this responsibility’s gonna be hard to dodge. If Obama had left our government a shambles, unable to respond to a crisis like this (which he didn’t), he’s had three years to build it back up. He’s been able to put his people in charge, he’s been able to pretty much gut Congressional oversight, and for the first two years of his Presidency, he had a GOP-controlled Congress. Instead, he’s treated the government like his personal toy, and now it’s broken and can’t do what it needs to do at a time like this. But he doesn’t take responsibility for any of it. I guess the buck still stops with Obama. But what’s the point of a President who doesn’t take responsibility? Anyone can do that - not taking responsibility is _easy!_ Why, I can sit here on my sofa and not take responsibility, with the added advantage of not fucking up the country while I do it. If he’s not going to take responsibility, could we get him to at least temporarily step aside for someone who would? We could use even a month of someone with a clue running the government’s response to the coronavirus. I’m thinking Liz Warren would be good. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/2 "2020-03-13T22:34:49Z")
Of all the horrible things this president has said, this is probably the one thing that has pissed me off the most. That comment is the very definition of lack of leadership. ---
**Author:** ![orcenio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/orcenio/32/1036_2.png) [@orcenio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orcenio)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/3 "2020-03-13T22:41:00Z")
“[I just think it’s a nasty question,… I dunno anything about it](https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1238565599070093317)” Corruption, incompetence, and no accountability. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/4 "2020-03-13T22:53:47Z")
I am 99% certain I posted this very same day that the last sentence of Trump’s last Presidential address or press conference will be “None of this was my fault.” I hope this day is coming sooner than it seems. ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/5 "2020-03-13T23:03:39Z")
I hope that “none of this is my fault” is his defense strategy during his corruption trial. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/6 "2020-03-13T23:06:39Z")
2020 Campaigns ads should just be a loop of all the times he says “I don’t know” or “It’s not my fault.” ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/7 "2020-03-13T23:13:23Z")
So, I’m guessing Harry Truman’s sign is off in a forgotten corner of the Indiana Jones warehouse? ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/8 "2020-03-13T23:13:53Z")
Almost as disgusting was the blatant ass kissing by Pence during that press conference. I thought they were going to have to break out a diamond blade in order to separate his lips from Trump’s derriere. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/9 "2020-03-13T23:39:44Z")
All I can say is what a tragedy. And even more tragic is there may be four more years. Pass the bottle! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/10 "2020-03-14T00:11:14Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > So, I’m guessing Harry Truman’s sign is off in a forgotten corner of the Indiana Jones warehouse? Nah, it’s just been revised to “THE BUCKS STOP HERE”. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/11 "2020-03-14T00:15:38Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > I hope that “none of this is my fault” is his defense strategy during his corruption trial. Remember how Reagan avoided all consequences by conveniently not remembering anything? ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/12 "2020-03-14T00:43:49Z")
I remember when Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in the early hours of the morning after an incredibly daring rescue mission for the hostages failed and taking all the responsibility then and there. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/13 "2020-03-14T00:47:51Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I remember when Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in the early hours of the morning after an incredibly daring rescue mission for the hostages failed and taking all the responsibility then and there. I remember him not getting re elected and ushering in the beginning of this whole new conservative era of American politics. ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/14 "2020-03-14T01:05:31Z")
And the stock market rewards him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/15 "2020-03-14T01:11:48Z")
Fuck Donald Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/16 "2020-03-14T01:30:56Z")
> [@Boycott](#): > > I remember when Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in the early hours of the morning after an incredibly daring rescue mission for the hostages failed and taking all the responsibility then and there. Possibly the best man ever to hold the office. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/17 "2020-03-14T01:33:20Z")
> [@Chingon](#): > > I remember him not getting re elected and ushering in the beginning of this whole new conservative era of American politics. That started as far back as 1964, with the initial seeds being planted in the 1930s. The current conservative era is the result of decades of planning by the white supremacist movement to regain power. Carter didn’t cause its success. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/18 "2020-03-14T02:45:22Z")
Once again, Andrew Sullivan [has nailed it.](https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/03/andrew-sullivan-reality-arrives-to-the-trump-era.html) My goodness he writes well. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/19 "2020-03-14T03:10:27Z")
Y’know what’s really terrible? Because even in a moderately bad scenario, the vast majority of the population is going to either not be _too_ sick, or of those who are the majority will make a full recovery, afterwards it will only convince his cultists that _“y’see? He was RIGHT! It was NOT such a big deal and HE did all right! Oh, some oldsters kicked it but what did ya expect!”_ ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2020, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444/20 "2020-03-14T04:42:27Z")
The closing scene in Trump’s biopic “[del]Rosebud[/del] Not my fault…”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-i-dont-take-responsibility-at-all/849444.md?page=2)