HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump said Friday that the country\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP) \u2013 the value of goods and services produced in it \u2013 decreased because of the fall government shutdown.<\/p>\n
He also said that Democrats caused the closure and another current \u201cmini\u201d shutdown.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Democrat Shutdown cost the U.S.A. at least two points in GDP. That\u2019s why they are doing it, in mini form, again,\u201d Trump wrote in a social media post<\/a>. \u201cNo Shutdowns!\u201d<\/p>\n Data released Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA), an agency within the Department of Commerce, shows that GDP <\/a>increased in the last quarter of 2025 at an annual rate of 1.4%. It grew at a 4.4% rate in the third quarter.<\/p>\n BEA said that the deceleration of the fourth quarter\u2019s GDP was the result of less government spending and fewer exports. The fall shutdown resulted in a 1-point reduction in the figure, according to the agency.<\/p>\n That shutdown, which lasted 43 days, began after Republicans and Democrats failed to reach an agreement on funding the government and extending healthcare subsidies. The full government hasn\u2019t closed for a lack of appropriations since, although some parts of it have shut down for various reasons.<\/p>\n Currently, the Department of Homeland Security has less funding, although some of its agencies have maintained operations through previously passed legislation.<\/p>\n Trump has told Republican lawmakers that shutdowns have hurt the party, and he attributed the GOP\u2019s November election losses, at various levels of government, to the fall closure.<\/p>\n \u201cI think if you read the pollsters, the shutdown was a big factor \u2013 negative for the Republicans, and that was a big factor,\u201d the president said.<\/p>\n Gallup found <\/a>in November that 36% of Americans approved of Trump, a five-point decline from his October rating. The same share of adults expressed support for his handling of the economy<\/a>, which Americans were more positive about earlier in the year.<\/p>\n The Trump administration has sought to shrink the federal government to promote the private sector. Its Department of Government Efficiency, the former White House team led by billionaire Elon Musk, helped eliminate hundreds of thousands of positions and terminate contracts across industries in a push blessed by Trump.<\/p>\n \u201cWe’ve taken back the money and reduced our debt to fight inflation and other things,\u201d the president said during his State of the Union address last year. \u201cTaking back a lot of that money, we got it just in time. This is just the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n