President Trump mentioned he would meet Thursday with Workplace and Administration Finances Director Russell Vought for what he known as an “unprecedented opportunity” to contemplate suggestions for cuts and firings throughout federal businesses.
Trump mentioned the assembly could be “to determine which of the many Democrat Agencies, most of which are a political SCAM, he recommends to be cut, and whether or not those cuts will be temporary or permanent.”
“I can’t believe the Radical Left Democrats gave me this unprecedented opportunity. They are not stupid people, so maybe this is their way of wanting to, quietly and quickly, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” he wrote on Reality Social.
He known as on Republicans to make use of the federal government shutdown to filter what’s not helpful within the federal authorities, calling it “dead wood.”
“Republicans must use this opportunity of Democrat forced closure to clear out dead wood, waste, and fraud. Billions of Dollars can be saved. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump mentioned on Reality Social late Wednesday.
The White Home has embraced the federal government shutdown and mentioned layoffs of federal staff will probably be within the coming days.
Trump had steered Tuesday that his administration may make cuts to packages throughout a authorities shutdown, and his finances workplace final week directed businesses in a memo to arrange for mass firings.
When requested in regards to the memo, Trump instructed One America Information, “there could be firings, and that’s their fault,” blaming the Democrats.
“And it could also be other things. I mean, we could cut projects that they wanted, favorite projects, and they’d be permanently cut,” Trump mentioned. “I’m allowed to cut things that should have never been approved in the first place, and I will probably do that.”
Vought introduced Wednesday plans to chop billions in funding in transportation initiatives in New York Metropolis and vitality initiatives in 16 largely Democratic-led states.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned Wednesday that Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) had “walked right into” a lure by permitting the federal government to close down.
“He’s handed President Trump the keys to the kingdom,” Johnson mentioned on “The Moon Griffon Show,” including that the shutdown may enable Republicans and the White Home to “eliminate bloated, unnecessary federal programs that we would like to vote down, but we never had the votes in the Senate to do. Now we have the moment.”
