--- 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4779 og:image:height: 2688 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=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Kerry Thinks President Trump Should Resign > Sponsored content. 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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. ## Transcript The first rule of government shutdowns. Blame the other side. The Democrats. The Democrats. Totally up to the Democrats. Call it a Democrat shutdown. Call it whatever you want. Since shutdowns became a political tactic in the 1970's, presidents and congressional leaders have attempted to shift the blame for a shutdown onto their opponents. Now here's the bottom line. Democrats are rooting for government shutdown. But President Donald Trump upended that logic. In the summer of 2018 he began saying that he would be willing to shut down the government over immigration policy. [ MUSIC ] So I would have no problem doing a shutdown. It's time we had proper border security. He went further as the December shutdown loomed. I will be the one to shut it down. I'm not gonna blame you for it. The last time you shut it down it didn't work. I will take the mantel of shutting down. That's created a problem for Trump now that the government is partially shut down however. Trump has tried to use the typical playbook and blame Democrats. We're in a shutdown because Democrats refuse to fund the border security. But there are just too many old videos and tweets and him saying he wanted to shut down the government for that to work. 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