Trump Layoff Threat Fails to Break Shutdown Impasse: BGOV Budget

Oct. 3, 2025, 10:04 AM UTC

Layoff Threat Ramps Up Shutdown Tensions

President Donald Trump is doing little to hide Republicans’ excitement at gutting the federal government despite other GOP leaders insisting they have no other choice.

Trump touted a meeting with Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought yesterday, plotting cuts to agencies important to Democrats. The layoffs could number in the thousands, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters yesterday.

  • “I have a meeting today with Russ Vought, he of PROJECT 2025 Fame, to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be ...

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