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Posted on 10/07/2025 12:46:33 PM PDT by Red Badger
President Donald Trump gave Democrats a deadline for when he would start making cuts to federal workers and other federal programs.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and the majority of his caucus again rejected a continuing resolution Monday, extending the government shutdown. Trump, who’s administration previously teased mass firings as a result of the shutdown, told reporters Tuesday that such could happen if the government shutdown continues for four to five days.
“How many permanent jobs are you talking about eliminating?” a reporter asked Trump.
“I’ll be able to tell you that in four or five days. If this keeps going on, it’ll be substantial, and a lot of those jobs will never come back,” Trump responded. “You’re going to have a lot closer to a balanced budget.”
The reporter also asked Trump if he had identified any programs he wanted to eliminate during the shutdown.
“Oh, sure. We have a lot, I’m not going to tell you, but we’ll be announcing it pretty soon. But we have a lot of things that we’re going to eliminate and permanently eliminate,” Trump said.
“You know, one of the things that we have as some advantage, you could say, but because of the shutdown, which I think they made a big mistake, we’re able to take out billions and billions of dollars of waste, fraud and abuse, and they’ve handed it, you know, to us on a silver platter,” the president continued.
Trump then told reporters he has been getting calls from Democrats who want to meet with him and are claiming to be the leader of the party. Some of the names he has never heard of, he said.
The shutdown battle has focused on healthcare, with Democrats demanding increased funding for Medicaid, such as reimbursements for state spending on illegal aliens, and Affordable Care Act subsidies.
Last week, Trump and his Office of Management and Budget Director met to discuss potential layoffs. Afterwards, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Daily Caller that layoffs were “imminent,” though none have occurred since.
“Unfortunately, because the Democrats shut down the government, the president has directed his cabinet and the Office of Management and Budget is working with agencies across the board to identify where cuts can be made and we believe that layoffs are imminent,” Leavitt said.
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The deadline given to Hamas means there is no deadline to Democrats.
What’s the latest on the immolation of the Department of Education?
I think Dems are over a barrel on this.
Trumps going to make them cry.
Boo Hoo.
He should already be firing people.
Agreed, no reason to wait.
Fire all of TSA
The Art of the Deal. Get all that you deserve.
I didn’t vote for using ptential firings to gain points in Congress. I want immediate firings of ALL the furloughed bureaucrats and then a whole lot more. Two million new unemployed bueaucrats would be nice along with the termination of all the agencies and departments.
“President Donald Trump gave Democrats a deadline”
I read the blurb, but missed the deadline. “I can tell you in four to five days” isn’t a deadline.
All hostages returned yet?
Should have happened by now—along with mass deportations.
Say it. Mean it. Do it.
Mr. Trump loves leverage. And he feels like he has it right now.
They should have begun on the 1st.
Mark my words before this is over Trump will agree to more funding for illegals
Always be trolling.
While we are talking about firings and permanent closings(not holding breath that any of them will be permanently gone), let’s talk about fun departments like Fannie and Freddie, and the Fed monopoly on student loans.
Sorry to all my fellow Always Trumpers but I thought the same thing.
He cannot let compassion, feelings of wanting to be fair and other sentiments get in the way of his famous talents as a skilled negotiator.
6pm Sunday came and went with the terrorists (and other terrorist groups observing) becoming emboldened. If they think Trump will back off then what if he gives an ultimatum to China someday?
If he knows the moving parts have to come together over days or weeks then don’t say “Sunday 6pm”.
Sorry to make an atypical criticism of Trump.
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