Breaking: Trump to Give $10k Bonuses to Air Traffic Controllers Who Did the Right Thing, Never Called Out Sick During Shutdown

Here’s a novelty: the federal government being used to reward employees who did the right thing in a time of need.

That is, at least, the plan. Both on Truth Social and in a Fox News interview Monday, President Donald Trump promised to give air traffic controllers who stayed on the job without pay during the shutdown $10,000 bonuses for doing so.

In the post, Trump noted that air traffic control employees had been skipping work even though they’ll be given back pay at the end of the shutdown.

From the Associated Press:

The fourth day of the flight restrictions saw airlines scrap over 2,300 flights Monday and more than 1,000 flights set for takeoff Tuesday. Unpaid for more than a month, some air traffic

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