--- title: John Kerry Says President Trump Should Resign description: Former Secretary of State John Kerry said President Trump should resign while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland canonical: https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/ author: Casey Quackenbush article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-23T07:06:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:52:59.269Z article:section: Politics og:title: John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign og:description: The former Secretary of State said Trump "doesn't take any of this seriously" og:url: https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b73d9c766f8af1/698943c722fb85d1d2e27a22/h_54843010.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Kerry receives Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2018 in Berlin og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign twitter:description: The former Secretary of State said Trump "doesn't take any of this seriously" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b73d9c766f8af1/698943c722fb85d1d2e27a22/h_54843010.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign ## Video: Why Trump Is Dragging Out the Shutdown — Even Though It's Unpopular [Watch (HLS stream): Why Trump Is Dragging Out the Shutdown — Even Though It's Unpopular](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ftjJTqAc.m3u8) (1:15)  _Published 2019-01-07. The first rule of government shutdowns: blame the other side._ by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jan 23, 2019 7:06 AM UTC  Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an award ceremony for the Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2018 at the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2018. Former U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during an award ceremony for the Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2018 at the Rotes Rathaus in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 14, 2018.Hayoung Jeon—EPA-EFE by [Casey Quackenbush](https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/) ## Casey Quackenbush Jan 23, 2019 7:06 AM UTC Former Secretary of State John Kerry said President Trump should [resign from office](https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/22/john-kerry-said-at-davos-president-donald-trump-should-resign.html) while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, CNBC reports. When asked whether he had a message for the President, the Democrat from Massachusetts said Trump should “resign” after saying Trump “doesn’t take any of this seriously.” The White House has not responded to the network’s request for comment, according to CNBC. The President canceled his plans to attend the forum due to the ongoing [government shutdown](http://time.com/5508940/government-shutdown-continues/), which has left 800,000 government workers without pay for 32 days now. In a tweet, the President denounced the media for criticizing his decision. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1087726599225688064) The government shutdown, now the longest in the nation’s history, prompted House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to urge President Trump to delay the State of the Union address on Jan. 29 — a plea he has [rejected](http://time.com/5509851/state-of-the-union-moving-forward-shutdown/). In response, Trump [canceled](http://time.com/5506128/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-afghanistan-trip/) Pelosi’s planned trip to the Middle East. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/"},"headline":"John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign","datePublished":"2019-01-23T07:06:40.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-04T07:52:59.269Z","description":"The former Secretary of State said Trump \"doesn't take any of this seriously\"","url":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/","keywords":["White House","onetime","overnight"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b73d9c766f8af1/698943c722fb85d1d2e27a22/h_54843010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Casey Quackenbush","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/casey-quackenbush/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt96b73d9c766f8af1/698943c722fb85d1d2e27a22/h_54843010.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Kerry receives Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2018 in Berlin","caption":"Kerry receives Otto Hahn Peace Medal 2018 in Berlin","creditText":"Hayoung Jeon—EPA-EFE","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/","name":"John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Why Trump Is Dragging Out the Shutdown — Even Though It's Unpopular","description":"The first rule of government shutdowns: blame the other side.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/ftjJTqAc/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2019-01-07T22:06:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ftjJTqAc.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/","duration":"PT1M15S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/5510445/donald-trump-john-kerry-davos-resign/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```