Trump has shut down the government FOUR TIMES now.

The recent government shutdown in October 2025 is well documented across multiple sources, confirming that the federal government entered a shutdown due to a failure to pass funding legislation amid disputes involving President Trump and Congress. However, none of the sources indicate that this is the fourth shutdown caused by Trump. Wikipedia's overview of U.S. Government shutdowns notes the last shutdown before 2025 occurred in December 2024, ending a six-year gap without shutdowns.nytimes.comnytimes.comGovernment Shutdown Live Updates: Trump Threatens Layoffs as Senate Rejects...abcnews.go.comabcnews.go.comThe US government has shut down. Here's what to know+5 more

There is no mention of multiple shutdowns under Trump's current presidency starting in 2025 or any prior terms. Historically, Donald Trump (the 45th president from 2017-2021) was associated with three government shutdowns during his term, but the claim here appears to conflate those past events with the current administration's actions or incorrectly counts them cumulatively. Since the current Trump administration began in 2025 and only one shutdown has occurred so far, the statement that he has shut down the government four times now is inaccurate in this temporal context.