Posted on 10/11/2025 12:44:37 PM PDT by DFG
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he has directed the Defense Department to use “all available funds” to ensure U.S. troops are paid Wednesday despite the government shutdown, a short-term fix that will not apply to the hundreds of thousands of federal workers who have been furloughed.
Trump said in a social media post that he was acting because “our Brave Troops will miss the paychecks they are rightfully due on October 15th.”
The Republican president’s directive removes one of the pressure points that could have forced Congress into action, likely ensuring that the shutdown — now in its 11th day and counting — extends into a third week and possibly beyond. But no similar action seems forthcoming for federal employees also working without pay while thousands are now being laid off during the lapse in government operations. The White House budget office started the layoffs on Friday.
Trump blamed Democrats and said he was exercising his authority as commander in chief to direct Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th.” The Republican president added, “We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS.”
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“Biden appointed Federal District Judge of San Francisco orders pay with held from military service members.”
Just wait.
Declare a national security emergency and PAY our soldiers…I notice the worthless congressional people are getting paid…🤬
Use the money from tariff collections to pay the troops.
When I was working for NY State many years ago, there were plenty of years when there was no budget Bill passed, and the State paid its employees with what they called “script” at the time. It was paid to us in the usual checks we got every two weeks. That was when the State Legislature consisted of a RAT Assembly and Republican Senate, but today, the RATS control both houses with a more than 2 to 1 majority, so the budget is never late, and the RATS get everything they want in those Bills.
Transfer SNAP payments to the troops. A two-fer.
If this drags on, could President Trump and Secretary of WAR Pete Hegseth give credit at PX s for service members to buy groceries, gas, etc until shutdown lifted?
i voted for that.
I don’t recall any clause in the Constitution calling for any federal district judge in San Francisco to be the Commander in Chief of the federal armed forces. I am going to go read the Constitution to see what it says about who the Commander in Chief is for the troops. I can well imagine some domestic enemies attempting some sort of coup through legal action to violate the Constitution.
Good, I always hate that the military does not get paid.
Let's hope somebody's working on it.
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